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Lethocerus - Lethocerus americanus
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Lethocerus - Lethocerus americanus
Mount Holyoke Range, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
April 29, 2009
Can't decide between L. americanus and L. uhleri.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 October, 2009 - 1:06am
Last updated 5 August, 2012 - 12:27pm

Moved
Moved from Lethocerus.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 August, 2012 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

how about griseus?
check the key(1)
… v belov, 1 February, 2010 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
That diagram confuses me
"Fore femur with median grooves on anterior surface into which tibia fits" seems to describe the grooves that are plainly visible here:

but in the diagram in the key, the groove shown seems to be on the wrong side of the femur from the way the tibia is curving. Am I looking at this wrong?
I've just added two (unfortunately low-quality) photos of my specimen that seem to me to show the grooves, which would mean not griseus.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 February, 2010 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… v belov, 21 October, 2009 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

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