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Shield-backed bug

Family Scutelleridae, Pachycoris torridus

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Shield-backed Bug
Pachycoris torridus http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/ne/v33n1/19404f1e.jpg


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5 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Thanks a lot, bayucca, I'd never figure it out alone. I have other spottings of this bug, each one with a different pattern!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Scutelleridae, looks like being a rarer color morph of Pachycoris torridus. Something between F and G morphs from the link above and this one:
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ne/v33n1/19404....
http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/ne/v33...
http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/rchnat/v85n3/ar...
Please, verify!!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Thank you Tom. My latin is a bit rusty...

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Sergio you're getting some really nice Scutelleridae! (check spelling)

Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 10 years ago

Soo beautiful.

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 23, 2014
Submitted on Mar 24, 2014

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