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burrowing bug - Cyrtomenus crassus
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burrowing bug - Cyrtomenus crassus
N I-19 rest stop, at Canoa Ranch, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 27, 2013
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 16 August, 2013 - 12:48am
Last updated 3 August, 2020 - 2:33pm

Cyrtomenus crassus
Moved from Cyrtomenus.

I agree. It keys out in Froeschner (1960) to C. crassus. Note the wide, broadly rounded jugum, extending laterally to about 2/3 the width of the eye.
… Jason Botz, 3 August, 2020 - 2:33pm

Moved tentatively; hope we get Brad's ID confirmed
Moved from Burrowing Bugs.
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 8:12am

Cyrtomenus??
(If so, given location, it should be C. crassus)
… Brad Barnd, 16 August, 2013 - 2:00am

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