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Mirid bug

Mimoncopeltus simulans

Description:

Heteroptera of some sort... The second shot is quite bad, i uploaded it just to show the shape of the body, quite inusual to me, i had never seen a bug like this



1 species ID suggestions

tmvdh
tmvdh 2 months ago
Mirid bug
Mimoncopeltus simulans

3 Comments

Ignacio Gamboa
Ignacio Gamboa a month ago

Cool, thanks a lot for the ID, Torsten

tmvdh
tmvdh 10 months ago

Hi Ignacio,
it belongs to the tribe Resthenini, subfamily Mirinae - still working on it...

tmvdh
tmvdh 10 months ago

It seems to belong to Miridae - working on it...

San José, Costa Rica

Lat: 9.79, Long: -84.13

Spotted on Jun 1, 2012
Submitted on Jun 2, 2012

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