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Phytocoris from Arizona (1) 10.07.01 - Phytocoris albidopictus - female

Phytocoris from Arizona (1) 10.07.01 - Phytocoris albidopictus - Female
Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
July 1, 2010
Size: ~ 4 mm
Found on a desert plant shown in the fourth image. Any chance to species ID? What is the name of the plant?

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Phytocoris from Arizona (1) 10.07.01 - Phytocoris albidopictus - female Phytocoris from Arizona (1) 10.07.01 - Phytocoris albidopictus - female Phytocoris from Arizona (1) 10.07.01 - Phytocoris albidopictus - female

Phytocoris albidopictus seems a better fit
Moved from Phytocoris pulchricollis.

The length of the first antennomere falls within the shorter range (0.9—1.1 times width of head across eyes) that is diagnostic for P. albidopictus, and well outside the range of 1.2—1.6 times the width of the head (diagnistoc for P. pulchricollis, according to Stonedahl 1988). Further evidence is the very narrow white median line on the pronotum, not reaching the white posterior margin. I would say that the pronotum is extensively infuscated (as it should be in P. albidopictus), but this infuscation is much weaker than typical, appearing as light brown over most of the area.

Phytocoris pulchricollis Van Duzee 1923, fem. -det M.D. Schwartz
Moved from Plant Bugs.