burrower bug, Amnestus pusillus (Hemiptera: Cydnidae)

burrower bug
Amnestus pusillus Uhler, 1876

Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: Intercepted on Ocimum basilicum from Mexico by K. Gately of Customs and Border Protection at Dulles International Airport.
Image type: Laboratory
Image view: Ventral / Adaxial / Front
Image location: Atlanta PPQ, Georgia, United States

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Name: Charles Olsen
Organization: USDA APHIS PPQ
Country: United States

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Subject: burrower bug
Genus: Amnestus
Family: Cydnidae
Order: Hemiptera
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Photographer: Charles Olsen
Organization: USDA APHIS PPQ
Area: Pathways - Air Transport
Area: Specialty Crops - Culinary herbs and spices

Image Number: 5433173

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