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Pachycoris torridus

Photo by Juan DiTrani
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tmvdh
Hi Juan, thanks for the link! Here's another one - leading to an article I wrote about a colour morph of P. torridus I found in Costa Rica: http://cro.ots.ac.cr/rdmcnfs/datasets/viewrec.phtml?ds=binabitrop&fn=/usr/local/www/htdocs/rdmcnfs/datasets/binabitrop/data/38498.html&dn=38497&realds= Sorry - it's in German.
Juan DiTrani
Hi tmvdh. I think Sergio refered to http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2002000300022
tmvdh
Hi asergio, which article do you refer to?
Sergio Monteiro
Very nice. The article I posted cites that 8 different descriptions were made of the same species!
tmvdh
Hola Juan, me puedes contactar via correo electrónico? Tengo una pregunta con respecto a Pachycoris torridus. (Encontré un espécimen en Costa Rica.) Gracias y saludos Torsten ([email protected])
Juan DiTrani
I still find hard to believe this insect is the same specie of this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6412787
CataAna
Wow, what a beautiful bug!

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