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 10 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 10 years ago, modified 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 years ago