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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Pselliopus » Pselliopus marmorosus
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assassin bug - Pselliopus marmorosus
Copyright © 2008 Tom Bentley

assassin bug - Pselliopus marmorosus
Coronado NF - Madera Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 12, 2008
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 15 November, 2008 - 3:06pm
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 6:16pm

Moved
Moved from dark AZ species (P. zebra or new to the U.S.).
… v belov, 13 October, 2009 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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 login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pselliopus.
… v belov, 25 March, 2009 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

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 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhynocoris.
… Tom Bentley, 15 November, 2008 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Assassin Bugs.
… Tom Bentley, 15 November, 2008 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

spectacular! must be Rhynocoris
not yet in BG
… v belov, 15 November, 2008 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Rhynocoris.
This is a species of Pselliopus, though I'm not certain which one.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 November, 2008 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for setting me straight!
(match.com or not) -- now i see the light and some prior art, too -- let's wait for non-Dr swanny to weigh in
… v belov, 15 November, 2008 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

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