A Jalysus wickhami in Baltimore Co., Maryland (12/5/2016). Determined by V. Belov, Ken Wolgemuth, and John and Jane Balaban via BugGuide.
Jalysus wickhami in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Description
"The best way to tell [the two] apart is to look at the male genital capsule: J. wickhami has a distinct ridge while J. spinosus does not. However, that is not usually visible in photographs. They also differ in that J. wickhami, unlike J. spinosus, has a short stout tubercle on the frons. Again, this is difficult to judge in photographs, sometimes even with specimen in hand. Probably the only way to tell from photographs is by the punctures on the side of the head behind the eyes. In wickhami, the area is heavily punctate while in spinosus it is more of a narrow band. Lighting can sometimes make this hard to interpret in photos, but it can often be seen." (Brad Barnd/BugGuide)
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A Jalysus wickhami in Baltimore Co., Maryland (12/5/2016). Determined by V. Belov, Ken Wolgemuth, and John and Jane Balaban via BugGuide.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Berytidae |
| Subfamily: | Metacanthinae |
| Genus: | Jalysus |
| Species: | J. wickhami
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| Jalysus wickhami Van Duzee, 1906
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Jalysus wickhami, the spined stilt bug, is a species of stilt bug in the family Berytidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4]
It is the most common stilt bug of the eastern US, living in gardens or meadows from summer to autumn. Their diet is composed of plant juices from legumes, grass and tomato plants and their feeding can cause unripe tomatoes to drop.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jalysus wickhami Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Jalysus wickhami". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Jalysus wickhami species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "species Jalysus wickhami Van Duzee, 1906". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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