Proxys victor

Proxys victor

Proxys victor is a species of stink bug found in Central and South America.
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
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Appearance

Identification of this species is based on Stal’s (1872) diagnoses. This is a black or dark gray stink bug with a white tipped scutellum and having the pro- and mesofemora entirely pale with dense, dark brown spotting. The metafemora only are bicolored: pale basally with the apical fifth black.

Naming

Synonym Cimex victor Fabricius, 1775

Distribution

Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, México, Central and South America.

Food

Brailovsky et al. (1992) found it feeding on Commelina in Mexico.

References:

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https://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/PDFs/P/PerezGelabert_Thomas_2005.pdf
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyPentatomidae
GenusProxys
SpeciesProxys victor
Photographed in
Costa Rica