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Red Bug - Melanopleurus
Copyright © 2010 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Red Bug - Melanopleurus
SW of Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
November 14, 2010
Size: 7-8 mm approx
Red and Black bug on Desert Broom (Baccharis sarothroides), Sonoran desert, in canyon near water

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 17 November, 2010 - 10:38am
Last updated 23 October, 2024 - 2:38pm

I added two different views a
Apparently bucculae need to be visible to make an ID of M. belfragei. I added two different views and moved them back to genus level. I had placed them on iNaturalist and it was noted by a specialist in Seed Bugs as follows:

"Let's say most of BG ID for belfragei are erroneous, or, at least, uncertain.

By the past this name was used and misused for almost any species in the genus, resulting in generalisation and large confusion. True belfragei occurs, for certain, in some (restrained) parts of CA; but the name is used as far as TX or Mexico, while there never was any scientifical record in the country.

Other species (fuscosus, pyrrhopterus, and so on) are most likely now well understood and IDed on BG; regarding to solid red/orange long winged ones, yours actually belong to a complex of at least four species, including M. bicolor and M. inflatus. Without additionnal certitude, adding a species on these doubtful ones only provides more confusion for now."
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 23 October, 2024 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melanopleurus belfragei.
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 23 October, 2024 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 17 November, 2010 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Melanopleurus belfragei:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 November, 2010 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken!
Thanks Ken!
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 17 November, 2010 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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