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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hemiptera bug - Emisinae - Reduviidae - Ploiaria sp.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-01-2011 18:22

Taken today with 4 mm lenght. Which hemipteran bug?

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Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 30-01-2011 23:12

Posted by nick upton on 30-01-2011 19:00

Looks like a young stiltbug to me. So maybe Berytidae nymph? Possibly Gampsocoris punctipes or something similar, although I'm no expert on this group.

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 30-01-2011 21:05

Could be an Assasin Bug, Emisinae, Reduviidae.
Cheers, Graeme

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-01-2011 23:11

Thanks, Graeme. And you are right. According to Isidro, this is a Ploiaria sp. so you are right. This is indeed a reduviid.

Posted by zcuc on 31-01-2011 20:32

Could be Empicoris rubromaculatus

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-02-2011 12:44

thanks, zcuc. Would be nice to take a look in a key (i do not have any key for hemiptera)

Posted by zcuc on 01-02-2011 17:34

There is no key to nymph level of Emesinae but the only known Ploiaria in Portugal is P.domestica which looks very different as adult. To me the shape and colors looks much more like Empicoris but than again nothing is for sure.

Edited by zcuc on 01-02-2011 17:35