Pseudometapterus umbrosus

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Pseudometapterus umbrosus
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P. umbrosus
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Pseudometapterus umbrosus
Blatchley, 1926

Pseudometapterus umbrosus is a species of assassin bug found in North America. It is univoltine in Illinois and overwinters as an adult. It has been reported from spider webs and plants ( Heuchera parviflora ) on sandstone and limestone bluffs. The vast majority of observed individuals are mictropterus, but in 2000, a macropterus (full-size winged) female was observed in Little Grand Canyon, Jackson County, Southern Illinois. [1]

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References

  1. J. D. Bradshaw & J. E. McPherson. "Discovery of macroptety in Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)" (PDF). Florida Entomologist . 84 (4): 719–720. doi:10.2307/3496408.