Explanation of Names
Harmostes fraterculus (Say 1832)
fraterculus 'little brother'
Identification
Separated from H. reflexulus in having the scape not distinctly surpassing the apex of the head and the speckled costal margin of the hemelytra
also, bicolored hind femora and parallel black lines in the hyaline portion of the wings
Range
e. US to ne. TX, absent from gulf coastal plains and FL -
Map (1)(2)Print References
Ratzlaff C.G. (2019) First record of
Harmostes fraterculus (Say) (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) in Canada. J. Ent. Soc. Ont. 150: 27-29 (
Full text)
Wheeler Jr., A.G. and Miller, G.L. 1983. Harmostes fraterculus (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae): field history, laboratory rearing, and descriptions of immature stages. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 85: 426–434.