Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Membracinae » Hoplophorionini » Platycotis » undescribed species CA 1 (Platycotis undescribed species CA 1)
Photo#710887
unknown Hemipteran - Platycotis
Copyright © 2012 Gary McDonald

unknown Hemipteran - Platycotis
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
October 2, 2012
Size: 5.2mm length.

Images of this individual: tag all
unknown Hemipteran - Platycotis unknown Hemipteran - Platycotis
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 3 October, 2012 - 9:48pm
Last updated 25 March, 2022 - 10:35pm

Moved
Moved from Platycotis.
… Solomon Hendrix, 25 March, 2022 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… metrioptera, 10 October, 2012 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

Platycotis
Our collection has a male like this that is only 4 mm long; presumably the same (undescribed) species. Did you save the specimen?

Note the very small hind tarsus, characteristic of this genus.
… Andy Hamilton, 10 October, 2012 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I did save the specimen
it is currently dry, in a micro-centrifuge tube, I can add EtOH if preferred. Thank you for the genus ID.
… Gary McDonald, 10 October, 2012 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 October, 2012 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact