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Nariscus

Nariscus longirostris

Description:

Body very small and gracile, length 12 mnm. Colouring of upper surface dark reddish brown. Rostrum extending to hind coxae". And then he adds: "Upper surface uniformly dark reddish brown. Eyes dark brown. Antennae yellow-brown with short black bristles. 4th join infumed. The narrowly lamellate lateral margins of pronotum and a small median knob in basal margin of same whitish, the former bordered with dark fuscous. Extreme tip of scutellum slightly pale. Apical margin of corium black with a few pale patches; membrane smoky, veins fuscous. Easily recognized by the reddish brown colouring, the small gracile body and the unusually long rostrum. Israel: Ein-el-Turuba, 27 km S of Jericho, 1 Y, type, 14. X. 1971, D. Gerling, in my collection. On Prosopis farcata."

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5 Comments

Luis Vivas
Luis Vivas 8 years ago

Hello! Ii not Nariscus longirostris
Instead, it's Nariscus spinosus
Bye!

Hanno Shalaby
Hanno Shalaby 11 years ago

thank u LuisStevens

Hanno Shalaby
Hanno Shalaby 11 years ago

thanks bayucca to help me know it ^_^

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Heteroptera, Alydidae. Might be a Nariscus sp.? Nariscus longirostris?? Not sure.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Nice find Hanno! Welcome to Project Noah!

Hanno Shalaby
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Hanno Shalaby

منطقة القصيم, Saudi Arabia

Spotted on Jan 25, 2013
Submitted on Jan 25, 2013

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