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Species Prepops rubroscutellatus

Prepops rubroscutellatus - male Prepops rubroscutellatus - male Prepops rubroscutellatus - female Prepops rubroscutellatus - female Looks like Jadera, but I did not see it in BG - Prepops rubroscutellatus Prepops rubroscutellatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Mirinae
Tribe Resthenini
Genus Prepops
Species rubroscutellatus (Prepops rubroscutellatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prepops rubroscutellatus (Knight)
Orig. Comb: Platytylellus rubroscutellatus Knight, 1929
Range
sw US (AZ-wTX, CO) - Map (1)(2)
Print References
Knight, H.H. (1929) New species and varieties of Platytylellus from North America (Hemiptera, Miridae). Entomological News 40: 189-192.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)