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PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:59 pm    Post subject: FoI: Phymatidae - Ambush Bugs (USA) Reply with quote

FoI: Phymatidae - Ambush Bugs (USA)
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.

William S. Burroughs The Western Lands



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GENERA
(note: not all genera are necesarily going to be found in CA/USA)
(note: this list is not necesarily exhaustive)
(note: common names surrounded by curley braces are either SCABIES created or roughly what scientific name means)


Macrocephalus - {Big head} ambush bugs
Phymata - Jagged Ambush Bugs
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.

William S. Burroughs The Western Lands



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Macrocephalus species:
arizonicus Cockerell 1900 (Macrocephalus)
barberi Evans 1931 (Macrocephalus)
cimicoides Swederus 1787 (Macrocephalus)
dorannae Evans 1931 (Macrocephalus)
manicata Fabricius 1803 (Syrtis)
notatus Westwood 1841 (Syrtis)
similis Kormilev 1972 (Macrocephalus)
http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/hemips/heterol.htm
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.

William S. Burroughs The Western Lands



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Phymata sp.
Peter's Canyon, Orange, Orange County, CA. 10/15/05 http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hemipt/Ambush.htm






Phymata fasciata
http://bugguide.net/node/view/73193/bgpage
West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah




Phymata pennsylvanica - Pennsylvania Ambush Bug
http://bugguide.net/node/view/134604/bgpage
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.

William S. Burroughs The Western Lands



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Macrocephalus sphttp://bugguide.net/node/view/57912/bgpage
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
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Identifying characteristics:

Antennae, 4-segmented; ocelli, 2; beak, 3-segmented; tarsi, 3-segmented.
Front femora greatly thickened; raptorial.
Abdomen wider in distal half, extended laterally beyond wings.

Species in the family Phymatidae as defined in Borror and White are distinguished from the Reduviidae by having the antennae slightly clubbed, the front legs with greatly enlarged femurs, and the abdomen expanded posteriorly. Most authorities, however, include these interesting predators within the family Reduviidae.

http://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Hemiptera/Phymatid.htm
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.

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Key to the tribes of the Phymatinae
1. Fore legs not obviously raptorial ..................................................................... Themonocorini
- Fore legs highly raptorial (chelate) ................................................................................................. 2
2. Fore femur finger-like prolonged beyond insertion of tibia, together forming a
pincher .............................................................................................................................. Carcinocorini
- Insertion of tibia at top of femur ..................................................................................................... 3
3. Scutellum small, triangular, head and propleuron with grooves to accomodate
antennae in rest .................................................................................................................... Phymatini
- Scutellum larger, no grooves ............................................................................. Macrocephalini

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43148
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William S. Burroughs The Western Lands



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Oooh!  That's cool looking, too!



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