Proxys victor

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.