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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Flat Bugs (Aradidae) » Mezirinae » Neuroctenus
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flat bug - Neuroctenus - female
Copyright © 2011 Jillian H. Cowles

flat bug - Neuroctenus - Female
Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
April 25, 2011
Size: 5 mm
Was found under a rock in the oak/juniper zone. It is paper-thin (very flat).
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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 25 April, 2011 - 11:57pm
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 1:02am

the head looks like arizonicus; the butt, like elongatus
puzzling.

Moved from Mezirinae.
… v belov, 21 August, 2019 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

… v belov, 20 August, 2019 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

not sure which one, intriguing
… v belov, 20 August, 2019 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

adult
nymphs may have wingpads, but never wings; wings, however short, unequivocally indicate an adult

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 26 April, 2011 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Flat Bug Indeed
Family Aradidae (flat bugs); short wings could imply that it's a nymph, but (I don't know)there may be brachypterous species.
… E.E, 26 April, 2011 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

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