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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Leptopodomorpha » Shore Bugs (Saldidae) » Saldinae » Saldoidini » Micracanthia
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Hemipteran - Micracanthia
Copyright © 2013 Derek Uhey

Hemipteran - Micracanthia
Big Gypsum Valley near Slickrock, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
June 15, 2013
Size: 4mm
Pit trapped in riparian Tamarix habitat on Colorado Plateau

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 19 July, 2013 - 12:08am
Last updated 25 July, 2017 - 9:31pm

Moved
Moved from Shore Bugs.
… v belov, 25 July, 2017 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

Teloleuca was my first thought, too
But I don't think the color pattern matches either Teloleuca species. For one thing, there doesn't seem to be a white spot on the clavus. I think a better match would be Micracanthia. This color pattern is close to either M. fennica, which has been found in Colorado, or M. bergrothi, which if I remember correctly has been recorded from Wyoming, but not Colorado.

M. bergrothi photos here and here

M. fennica photo here

ETA: I should add that, as Tim pointed out, it's really tough to ID saldids, particularly from photos, because the characters are very subtle. There's really no substitute for examination under a microscope.
… Brady Richards, 19 July, 2013 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

Nice saldid
thinking Teloleuca for this one but the key characters are hardly visible here.
… Tim Loh, 19 July, 2013 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brady Richards, 19 July, 2013 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

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