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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) » Carventinae » Neoproxius » Neoproxius gypsatus
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Flat Bug - Neoproxius gypsatus
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Flat Bug - Neoproxius gypsatus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 14, 2012
Size: 7-8mm
One prehistoric-looking bug ... looks like an action figure from Castle Grayskull or maybe a stinkbug built from odd parts by the A-team. Too ugly to be a nymph. Thanks
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 16 March, 2012 - 2:09pm
Last updated 21 August, 2015 - 11:48am

Moved
Moved from Flat Bugs.
… v belov, 16 March, 2012 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

too cool indeed... WOW.
love Brad's suggestion.
lots of awesome aradids in the southeast -- see(1)
… v belov, 16 March, 2012 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

castle grayskull?
you gave away your age lol...but it is a way cool critter!
… Edna Woodward, 16 March, 2012 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
No ...
My Kid's ages ... oh, I see your point :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 16 March, 2012 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Very cool....
Moved from True Bugs.

Proxius sp. I think. (Maybe under a different genus name now, Neoproxius?.)

If so, Blatchley only lists two species known from Florida, however I don't know the current taxonomic state of the group.
… Brad Barnd, 16 March, 2012 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
This is very likely Neoproxius gypsatus (Bergroth 1898). There are only two described species in the genus in the United States. Proxius does not occur here.

Any chance you have a specimen in hand? I'd love to see this one....
… Steve Taylor, 16 March, 2012 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll see if I can find one ...
this weekend. This one came to UV. BTW it has an interesting looking "tailpipe" (process).
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 16 March, 2012 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

 
one more thought
This subfamily is also rather infrequently encountered in the USA.

Subfamily Carventinae Usinger, 1950 is represented here by four species in two genera.
… Steve Taylor, 16 March, 2012 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

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