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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Dirt-colored Seed Bugs (Rhyparochromidae) » Rhyparochrominae » Ozophorini » Ozophora » picturata group (Ozophora picturata group) » Ozophora occidentalis

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Copyright © 2006 Chuck Entz

Bug - Ozophora occidentalis

Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 23, 2006
Size: 1/4 inch

Came to blacklight

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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 25 July, 2006 - 1:57am
Last updated 19 December, 2023 - 10:36am

seems to fit O. occidentalis better

Moved from Ozophora depicturata.

Compared to Ozophora depicturata, this specimen has
-narrower band on antennomere IV
-shorter legs and antennae
-shorter, broader pronotum

… Jason Botz, 19 December, 2023 - 10:36am

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opinion of Merrill Sweet:

"Ozophora depicturata Barber, but Ozophora is difficult. Need to see the specimen to be sure"

Moved from Ozophora.

… v belov, 19 April, 2009 - 1:48am

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Moved

Moved from Dirt-colored Seed Bugs.

… Beatriz Moisset, 9 December, 2008 - 8:20pm

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Moved

Moved from Seed Bugs.

… Boris Büche, 17 April, 2007 - 11:45am

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Moved

Moved from True Bugs.

… Eric R. Eaton, 9 November, 2006 - 5:48pm

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Not Miridae.

This is one of those seed bugs that I believe is now in a family other than Lygaeidae. Uniformly thick antennae are one clue it is not a mirid, but the lack of a cuneus is the defining character. These insects can be abundant at lights at night. Few mirids visit lights in any numbers.

… Eric R. Eaton, 25 July, 2006 - 1:48pm

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Thanks Eric

Thanks Eric for setting me straight. I was mostly going on the lack of apparent ocelli (guess they're there somewhere) but I'll have to be sure at the same time to consider the presence or absence of a cuneus.

… Stephen_WV, 25 July, 2006 - 3:57pm

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Thanks!

And just when I thought "Miridae" was going to be one of those all-purpose clichés on the order of "Tastes like chicken"...

Seriously, though: is it possible this is another Ozophora picturata:

… Chuck Entz, 25 July, 2006 - 3:13pm

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Ozophora cf. picturata -- seconded

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… v belov, 23 September, 2008 - 8:18pm

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Miridae

No ocelli that I can see
Looks like a Miridae

… Stephen_WV, 25 July, 2006 - 4:58am

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Thanks!

:)

… Chuck Entz, 25 July, 2006 - 6:56am

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