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Acrosternum rubescens - Long rostrum For discussion see with this image:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77020/acrosternum_rubescens_-_female.html" title="Acrosternum rubescens - Female"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/77020_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=CDfn%2FmLP2k5DgQ0S1qSz%2FBy1IzI%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Acrosternum rubescens - Female Acrosternum rubescens is an endemic of the Canary Islands. Two of the continental/Mediterranean Acrosternum species have also been recorded from some of the islands and the identification of Acrosternum spp. is not always trivial. Stricktly following the key in the Faune de France series I would probably end up with these specimen from La Palma being some Arab species, rarely found in Greece also (due to the clearly present callosities in the punctuation of the wings) *rolleyes*. Other characters often cited (such as the colour of the pale margins being more reddish for this species as opposed to yellowish for others) also don&#039;t always hold true. I may add a more in depth analysis at some point, but not now ...<br /> There are not many reliably identified images of this species around on the internet, so here is a starting set:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77021/acrosternum_rubescens_-_fresh_eggs.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77022/acrosternum_rubescens_-_mature_eggs.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77300/acrosternum_rubescens_-_hatching_explained.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77302/acrosternum_rubescens_-_1st_stadium.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77303/acrosternum_rubescens_-_1st_stadium_w._rostrum_showing.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77018/acrosternum_rubescens_-_male.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77019/acrosternum_rubescens_-_head_shape_and_antenna_colour.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77017/acrosternum_rubescens_-_long_rostrum.html Acrosternum,Acrosternum rubescens,Geotagged,La Palma (Canary Islands),Pentatomidae,Spain" /></a></figure><br /> This image shows the rostrum sticking out beyond the hind coxae, setting this species off from A. millieri that has a shorter rostrum. Acrosternum,Acrosternum rubescens,Geotagged,La Palma (Canary Islands),Pentatomidae,Spain Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Acrosternum rubescens - Long rostrum

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Acrosternum rubescens - Female Acrosternum rubescens is an endemic of the Canary Islands. Two of the continental/Mediterranean Acrosternum species have also been recorded from some of the islands and the identification of Acrosternum spp. is not always trivial. Stricktly following the key in the Faune de France series I would probably end up with these specimen from La Palma being some Arab species, rarely found in Greece also (due to the clearly present callosities in the punctuation of the wings) *rolleyes*. Other characters often cited (such as the colour of the pale margins being more reddish for this species as opposed to yellowish for others) also don't always hold true. I may add a more in depth analysis at some point, but not now ...<br /> There are not many reliably identified images of this species around on the internet, so here is a starting set:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77021/acrosternum_rubescens_-_fresh_eggs.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77022/acrosternum_rubescens_-_mature_eggs.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77300/acrosternum_rubescens_-_hatching_explained.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77302/acrosternum_rubescens_-_1st_stadium.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77303/acrosternum_rubescens_-_1st_stadium_w._rostrum_showing.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77018/acrosternum_rubescens_-_male.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77019/acrosternum_rubescens_-_head_shape_and_antenna_colour.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77017/acrosternum_rubescens_-_long_rostrum.html Acrosternum,Acrosternum rubescens,Geotagged,La Palma (Canary Islands),Pentatomidae,Spain

This image shows the rostrum sticking out beyond the hind coxae, setting this species off from A. millieri that has a shorter rostrum.

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Acrosternum rubescens is an endemic of the Canary Islands. Two of the continental/Mediterranean Acrosternum species have also been recorded from some of the islands and the identification of Acrosternum spp. is not always trivial.

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Uploaded Apr 5, 2019. Captured in Camino Mirador de la Cancelita, 10, 38758 El Paso, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
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