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Nikita Vikhrev	#1 Posted on 07-05-2014 08:21
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05	Russia, Rostov region, steppe, 29.04.2014 Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image: [121.25Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Zeegers	#2 Posted on 07-05-2014 10:36
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18528 Joined: 21.07.04	might be a Catharosia The lower calypter is black, the upper white, is that correct ? Theo


Nikita Vikhrev	#3 Posted on 07-05-2014 11:51
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05	Thank you, Theo. The lower calypter is black, the upper white, is that correct Exactly so. Body size about 4,5mm. Catharosia pygmaea? Whose parasite? Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Zeegers	#4 Posted on 07-05-2014 14:22
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18528 Joined: 21.07.04	OK Catharosia pygmaea it is. Known hosts are in Lygaeidae (Heteroptera). Theo


Nikita Vikhrev	#5 Posted on 07-05-2014 21:53
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9220 Joined: 24.05.05	Thank you, Theo Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


ChrisR	#6 Posted on 08-05-2014 19:28
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	I'll add my (inconsiderable) weight behind Catharosia pygmaea Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Zeegers	#7 Posted on 08-05-2014 20:03
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18528 Joined: 21.07.04	Now we have met in march, I think I know you outweight me, Chris ! Theo


ChrisR	#8 Posted on 08-05-2014 20:54
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Ahh, that's probably true Theo I was really comparing the metaphorical weight of experience ... when I 'back up' one of your IDs I do sometimes wonder whether it is worth my extra "me too"! Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.