Thanks for narrowing down this mirid and the second Phytocoris camouflaged on rock, WonGun Kim. I really appreciate your investigative skills! I'm going to check and see what I can find out about this group.

The groups including the "Western Group" have no meaning in view of taxanomy. I classified them just for ID convenience. That is, I refer to Knight (1) and Blatchley (2) for the images taken in eastern states, while to Stonedahl (3) for the images taken in western states. The "Western Group" means that the images were taken in western states. I'm sorry for the confusion that I have caused.

i can't believe 199 western species! Too many! Way too many to ID to species unless something turns out to be really unique to a specific species. It's almost impossible to believe the diversity of so many of these insects.

I will try to download the Stonedahl article tomorrow at the library and just see how he organizes it. Thanks for giving me the address. And thanks again for all your help with these most difficult mirids!

Thanks so much, WonGun Kim. I think there is a group of these Phytocoris mirids that like hot dry locales. Although we are finding them at different elevations,all sites are hot and dry. I really appreciate your identifying them. They are quite handsome and distinctive bugs!