[ID] Lygus wagneri?

[Jason Green]

Evening all,

I collected the following male mirid a couple of days ago from a large area of scrubland - acid grassland with plenty of gorse. This was beaten from one such stand.

08/12/2011

Whole insect, pubescence from 'reference area' and dissected left paramere (digitally-'mirrrored/'rotated)

It's around about 5mm. The whole clasper looks rather too chunky for the usual rugulipennis, the hemelytra have varying punturation, and the reference area's pubescence is notably sparse. I have a good few flea-beetles to dissect now, so haven't had too much time to check the salients before posting this. It looks likely for wagneri though, in my opinion.

Thanks for looking.

Take care,

Jason