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Scutellerid bug

Pachycoris torridus

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Field Notes

Description:

Scutellarid bug with nymphs

Species ID Suggestions

Scutellerid bug

Pachycoris torridus
tmvdh
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Comments (5)
bayucca
"However, the source and function of the color variation of P. torridus are unknown"... Unfortunately there is no info about this fact in the literature... http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/rchnat/v85n3/art11.pdf http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/entomologia/detail/33/78896/New_Chromatic_Pattern_and_First_Register_of_Pachyc?l=DE http://www.bio-nica.info/Biblioteca/santos2005scutelleridae.pdf
tmvdh
No idea, Ignacio :-(
Ignacio Gamboa
Tanks for the ID Torsten, I found a lot of different morphs of this bug when I googled the species. Do you have any idea why they vary so much?

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The Color Red
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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
Mission
Parental care in insects and other invertebrates
Mission
Insects of Costa Rica
Photographed
PublishedAugust 3, 2013

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