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Big-Eyed Toad Bug (Gelastocoris oculatus)
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Copyright © 2010
Andrew Williams
Big-Eyed Toad Bug -
Gelastocoris oculatus
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 8, 2008
Unknown toad bug
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Contributed by
Andrew Williams
on 1 January, 2010 - 5:18pm
Last updated 1 February, 2010 - 12:31pm
Moved
Moved from
Gelastocoris
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v belov
, 1 February, 2010 - 9:05am
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thanks for the sp. ID confirm
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Andrew Williams
, 1 February, 2010 - 12:31pm
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Moved
Moved from
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Andrew Williams
, 1 January, 2010 - 5:53pm
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Gelastocoris
As is your other specimen; not sure about species though...
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Tim Loh
, 1 January, 2010 - 5:34pm
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toad bug experts ?
Do think this is something Dr. Hamilton would know? I'm considering moving them to Hemiptera? I'm afraid if I move to Genus, getting to sp. won't happen there. Open to ideas. Thanks for the help Tim.
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Andrew Williams
, 1 January, 2010 - 5:39pm
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We do not have an expert in t
We do not have an expert in this group at the moment though Vassili may try to tackle this one. I'm not too familiar with this group myself. I suggest moving your images to genus level for the time being.
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Tim Loh
, 1 January, 2010 - 5:46pm
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Gelastocoris oculatus?
With those big eyes it's likely to be Big-Eyed Toad Bug (
Gelastocoris oculatus
) and I agree that Vassili will bring it species.
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Ted Kropiewnicki
, 1 January, 2010 - 5:55pm
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sounds good, thank you both
for the help.
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Andrew Williams
, 1 January, 2010 - 6:01pm
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4 Gelastocoris according to University of Colorado
University of Colorado has 4 Gelastocoris in their collection. I can't find a key or images of all 4 sp. anywhere.
http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/Research/Entomology/Databases/Spplist/Species12.html
Gelastocoris bufo
Gelastocoris hungerfordi
Gelastocoris rotundatus
Gelastocoris oculatus
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Andrew Williams
, 2 January, 2010 - 3:00pm
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