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Embuas Killer Bug

Brontostoma sp.

Photo by LeonardoMB
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Field Notes

Description:

It have (beauty) red stripes on the ventral part of the abdomen.

Habitat:

I found this specimen in the militar barracks of my city, on a region of transition between the Cerrado and Atlantic Florest.

Notes:

Maybe some type of the "Coreidae family" or "Reduviidae family"?

Reference Links:

Insetologia - Identificação de insetos: Percevejo Assassino de Embuás em Brasíl…

Species ID Suggestions

Percevejo-predador-de-embuás

Brontostoma sp.

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Francierlem Fonseca
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