Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
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| Brian Flint |
Posted on 10-10-2009 19:23
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In my garden. This insect is about 5mm long. Cambridgeshire UK - October Brian Flint attached the following image:  [99.18Kb] |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 10-10-2009 20:42
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Hi, Brian! Kleidocerys cf. resedae, a ground bug (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| lagura |
Posted on 11-10-2009 00:29
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Without the cf. This is indeed the Birch Catkin Bug K. resedae.  |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 11-10-2009 01:21
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Hi, Lars! lagura wrote: Without the cf. This is indeed the Birch Catkin Bug K. resedae. I don't know about Britain, but here in central europe there is a much rarer, but morphologically not distinguishable species, K. privignus, which prefers breeding on Alnus glutinosa instead of Betula. Therefore I did write the 'cf.'. The taxonomic status of this species is not acknowledged by all entomologists however, if I remember correctly. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| lagura |
Posted on 11-10-2009 12:36
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Hi Juergen, I had not heard of K. privignus before (only K. resedae and the rarer K. ericae). In this case I agree it's perhaps wise to leave the cf. in. I don't know about Britain either, but on the British Bugs site only K. resedae and K. ericae are listed. |
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| Brian Flint |
Posted on 11-10-2009 15:10
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Interesting. Thanks for your reply. Brian |
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