"Red-shouldered Bug (Jadera haematoloma) - nymph 6 May 2016 Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center Denton, Denton County, Texas Additional common names for this insect include Goldenrain Tree Bug and Jadera Bug. The subject presented in this observation is the nymph of the species and it occurs throughout the United States except for the most northern tier of states from New England to the Pacific Northwest. Its range extends south through Mexico, Central America and on into South America. It also occurs in the West Indies, in the Caribbean. In the United States, it is most common in California, Texas and Florida. Red-shouldered Bug is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. CCNHC is administered by the City of Denton, Texas. Here is its classification as presented in BugGuide: C L A S S I F I C A T I O N Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies) Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs) Infraorder Pentatomomorpha Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs) Family Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs) Subfamily Serinethinae (Soapberry Bugs) Genus Jadera Species haematoloma (Red-shouldered Bug) Source: ""Species Jadera haematoloma - Red-shouldered Bug,"" BugGuide, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, range map, photographs, description, classification, resources, accessed 5.6.16, http://bugguide.net/node/view/3601"
"Red-shouldered Bug (Jadera haematoloma) - male and female (mating) Note: With many thanks to Drs. Margarethe Brummermann and John S. Ascher, Contributing Editors, BugGuide, and to Ross Hill, Contributor, BugGuide, for their prompt response in providing an ID for our nymph of the Red-shouldered Bug posted to iNaturalist yesterday. And we also wish to express our thanks to Jim Moore, Contributor, BugGuide, and to Dr. John S. Ascher, Contributing Editor, BugGuide, for providing a prompt and correct ID for the Red-shouldered Bug's male and female query we posted to that site. Many thanks all around. Originally we thought we had different bugs but it turns out we had photographed the nymph and not far from there the mating male and female of the same species. Mystery solved! The BugGuide IDs may be found here for the nymph of the species: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1220633 . And here for the male and female of the species: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1220628 6 May 2016 Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center Denton, Denton County, Texas Additional common names for this insect include Goldenrain Tree Bug and Jadera Bug. The subjects presented in this observation are the mating male and female of the species and it occurs throughout the United States except for the most northern tier of states from New England to the Pacific Northwest. Its range extends south through Mexico, Central America and on into South America. It also occurs in the West Indies, in the Caribbean. In the United States, it is most common in California, Texas and Florida. Red-shouldered Bug is an authentic resident of the Western Hemisphere. CCNHC is administered by the City of Denton, Texas. Here is its classification as presented in BugGuide: C L A S S I F I C A T I O N Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies) Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs) Infraorder Pentatomomorpha Superfamily Coreoidea (Leatherbugs) Family Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs) Subfamily Serinethinae (Soapberry Bugs) Genus Jadera Species haematoloma (Red-shouldered Bug) Source: ""Species Jadera haematoloma - Red-shouldered Bug,"" BugGuide, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, range map, photographs, description, classification, resources, accessed 5.6.16, http://bugguide.net/node/view/3601"