Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empicoris (Reduviidae)

Posted by kitenet on 12-10-2007 20:47
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The UK key (by Peter Kirby) splits off vagabundus simply on length: vagabundus is 6-7.1mm, culiciformis and baerensprungi are 4.1-5.5mm. E. baerensprungi has a tubercle on the mid-line of the rear margin of the pronotum, culiciformis doesn't have this (best seen in side view).

What a lovely insect :D

Martin