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Madera big-eyed bug - Isthmocoris imperialis

Madera big-eyed bug - Isthmocoris imperialis
Madera Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 19, 2020
Found on oak.

Moved tentatively
Moved from Isthmocoris.

Moved
Moved from Isthmocoris piceus.

If we get expert confirmation we can always move it back. :)

I will be happy to defer to a
I will be happy to defer to an expert on this one. Sometimes I send things off to experts for confirmation, but this was not one of them. Please move it if you think it needs to be moved, or I can do it if you would prefer.

I am not certain as to the sp
I am not certain as to the species, but it looks like a good match compared to the other species you list for that genus. In regard to the range, I have noticed other species in Madera Canyon or elsewhere in southern AZ. that are "out of range". I will try to post another "out of range" species confirmed by an expert (who received the actual specimens) also from Madera Canyon. I suspect that a more moderate environment there allows some of those other species to survive there. So there might be little pockets of species that you might think are eastern, right in Madera Canyon.

 
It's also a good match...
...for I. imperialis, including the two-toned antennae:



Your call, though.

Are you certain of the species?
According to the Info Page, it appears that the range doesn't extend as far west as AZ.

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