Proxys victor

Found him today raiding what is left of my tomatillos.
I liked his leggings and his landing lights.
here is a loooong writeup.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bugs/black_stink_bug.htm

comments (6)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Great shot, and a cool article to match it. Posted 9 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

I think this is another species of Proxys. The pattern of the legs is different. It looks like P. victor accoding to the last 3 links.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/934401/bgpage
http://naturalezamisiones.com/fotos/insectos/proxys_albopunctulatus.html
http://www.americaninsects.net/ht/proxys-albopunctulatus-or-victor.html
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=478572
http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_17_01_00/bca_17_01_00showplate.cfm?id=493
https://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/PDFs/P/PerezGelabert_Thomas_2005.pdf - p. 24
http://www.botanicus.org/primeocr/mbgserv14/botanicus5/BCA_00_00_0/bca_17_01_00/bca_17_01_00_088.txt Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. Annette Flottwell
  
  Lion
  
  thank you for all your hard work!
  hope you forgive me for being curious!
  May I ask why it is victor rather than the other one? I understand the differen legs bu I have seen different legs on the punctuatus photos ,too.
  in the Smithsonian link (can't find pictures or criteria in the other two) I miss the black and white laterotergites and the red oculi (?) I mean the secondary eyes behind the compound eye. Also the victor does not seem to have the white dots. Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    In the Smithsonian link it is a drawing, so maybe some smaller details have not been depicted. I couldn't find any photos of P. victor. The last 2 links decribe the difference between the species being in the number of legs with black apical part of the femora: Proxys punctulatus - all 3 pairs, P. victor - only 1 pair, P. albopunctulatus - none. All the photos of Proxys punctulatus I've seen have all apices black. This is also what I first noticed when I was about to create the species entry. There are a few photos of P. albopunctulatus.
    Here is another more detailed key. This one adds more confusion... but it is clearly not Proxys punctulatus.
    https://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/Genus_Carpocorini/Proxys.htm Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Annette Flottwell
      
      Lion
      
      thank you, yes that does help a lot
      "produced into prominent ridge or tubercle " that is also true of my garden species! Posted 9 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Ooops, sorry I didn't see the comments before creating the species, it can be removed once the exact species has been identified, sorry. Posted 9 years ago