Assassin Bug - Pselliopus sp? - Pselliopus marmorosus

Moved

Moved from dark AZ species (P. zebra or new to the U.S.).

… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 6:16pm

Got it!

This is the recently described Pselliopus marmorosus Brailovsky & Barrera. Dark coloration (particularly of the pronotum) and the rounded humeral angles match. This species is known to occur in Arizona as well as northern Mexico.

… drswanny, 13 October, 2009 - 6:07pm

Moved

Moved from Pselliopus.

… v belov, 25 March, 2009 - 12:34pm

Hmm...

This could be a mexican species previously unknown in the US. This could also be a darker form of Pselliopus zebra; it certainly doesn't fit the other 5 species known to occur north of Mexico. As Eric said, this genus is desperately in need of a revision and I'll let the admins decide what to do with this and the other dark Pselliopus (where I will be pasting this comment as well).

… drswanny, 3 December, 2008 - 12:44pm

Moved

Moved from True Bugs.

… Eric R. Eaton, 25 August, 2008 - 11:55pm

Not an expert but

Please see Assassin Bug (Pselliopus)

(may not be this exact species but I am pretty of the Genus)

-and-

http://bugguide.net/node/view/3792/bgimage

… Ron M., 30 July, 2008 - 1:14am

Ah, makes sense!

Ron: Thanks so much for the ID help. I am little embarrased that I missed this, as I had just keyed out a similar Spotted Assassin bug (Rhynocoris ventralis) earlier this month. However I am in the process of reviewing old un-identified insect photos, and got fooled by a previous (wrong) ID guess. Best wishes, Scott

… Scott Cox, 30 July, 2008 - 10:53am