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Hesus cordatus - female, La Isla Escondida, Colombia About 1cm in body length.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69922/hesus_cordatus_-_side_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Hesus cordatus - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/69922_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=32q2YNfeCS2VZ9%2FJkGIw3OPLnfI%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Hesus cordatus - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia About 1cm in body length.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69921/lantern_bug_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Aradidae,Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Hesus,Hesus cordatus,La Isla Escondida,Mezirinae,Putumayo,South America,World" /></a></figure> Aradidae,Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Hesus,Hesus cordatus,La Isla Escondida,Mezirinae,Putumayo,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Hesus cordatus - female, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

About 1cm in body length.

Hesus cordatus - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia About 1cm in body length.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69921/lantern_bug_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Aradidae,Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Hesus,Hesus cordatus,La Isla Escondida,Mezirinae,Putumayo,South America,World

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    It looks like it could be a Coreid to me. Maybe Spartocera sp.? The abdomen is so squared off though. Weird. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      Thanks! I definitely see some similarities with a coreid, quite a few really. I'm still not entirely sure though because of the specific look of this one. I'll bring in @Arp for his opinion. Posted 6 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
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        Good idea :). Its shape is so interesting and unique, yet I can't find a match. Posted 6 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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          First message from Arp is that you're right, likely a coreid bug! More information may follow if he gets to it. Posted 6 years ago
          1. View Christine Young's profile
            Christine Young
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            Great! Hope you find a match. Posted 6 years ago
            1. View Pudding4brains's profile
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              Hi you guys ;o) Like Christine my first idea was Coreidae, but after discarding many of the options for the Neotropics and a second look at the side view I'm beginning to think "wrong tree" that I was barking up to *rolleyes* ... my new thought would be that it may well be an Aradidae - very flat, and the pronotum is much more sculptured than the dorsal view suggests....
              What size was this Ferdy? On the small side? ... puzzled ... Arp
              P.S. Ahw, sorry ... 2cm ... hmmm, that is rather large for an Aradidae (here in Europe) ... do they get that large in the Neotropics ... hmmmm ... even more puzzled now :o)               Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
              1. View Pudding4brains's profile
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                Ah ... hereyago ... genus Hesus seems to be a VERY good direction for further search:
                https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0041_1_0343-0357.pdf                 Posted 6 years ago
                1. View Christine Young's profile
                  Christine Young
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                  Awesome job, Arp! You are my bug hero, lol. Could it maybe be Hesus humeralis? Posted 6 years ago
                  1. View Pudding4brains's profile
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                    No, going by that key (Heiss, 2009) it should be Hesus cordatus (female). The key is recent enough for me to consider it most probably still valid, so I'll go ahead and add the species to JD :o) Cheers, Arp

                    P.S. (done) @Ferdy: I've taken the liberty to change your size estimate to 1cm in accordance with the literature on the species :o)                     Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
                    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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                      Wow, wasn't expecting a full match. Very impressive research skills, Arp. And totally agree on the size change. My estimates may be highly inaccurate as I don't measure anything plus I have a shitty memory. I can tell that it was small and that this is a deep crop, so 1cm definitely is possible or likely.

                      Thanks for the collaboration both, it's a thing of beauty!                       Posted 6 years ago

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The Hesus cordatus

Hesus cordatus (Fabricius, 1803) is a Flat Bug (Aradidae) from the Neotropics. With 9.3-10.6mm it is relatively large for a Flat bug.

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Similar species: True Bugs
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm