Sinea Incognita: New Assassin Revealed
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 19:50
in Biology & Nature
In 2006, Dr. J. E. McPherson, professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University, was working with colleagues on a key to the nymphs of three midwestern species of assassin bug in the genus Sinea (i.e., S. complexa, S. diadema, and S. spinipes). To test their key for accuracy, they asked several others to check it by comparing it with insects in their collections or laboratories. All of them found the key to be satisfactory, except for one - Dr. Scott Bundy from New Mexico State University, who found discrepancies in specimens that had been collected in New Mexico and identified as S. complexa. read more