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earhead bug - Leptocorisa sp. (Alydidae: Heteroptera)

Image of broad-headed bugs

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Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Order: Hemiptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: Heteroptera (true bugs, Wanzen)Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha Leston, Pendergrast & Southwood, 1954Superfamily: Coreoidea LEACH, 1815 (leaf-footed bugs and allies)Family: Alydidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (broad-headed bugs, Krummfhlerwanzen)Subfamily: Microelytrinae STL, 1868Tribus: Leptocorisini STL, 1872Genus: Leptocorisa LATREILLE, 1829 (rice bugs or Gundhi bugs, Reiswanzen)possibly: Leptocorisa oratoria FABRICIUS, 1794 ??? taxonomical info: coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNam...more info: secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Alydidae Indonesia, W-Java, Depok: vic. Cinangka, ca. 50m asl. (a big garden close to a creek), 15.02.2011_______________________________________________100mm 2.8 (Canon, L) , 1/250s, f16, ISO 100, 0EV, ring-flash, hand-held(IMG_9882)

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