Asarcopus palmarum
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Coordinates: 31.735410, -106.303603
May 27, 2016
Size: Female = 4 mm; Male = 3 mm
Found on the leaflet axils or midveins (at the bottom and on the inside of the “V” shape) in close proximity where they meet the rachis of a Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis). They were more abundant in the lowest third section of the frons
Mating brachypterous pair
Determined by Salvador Vitanza
Confirmed by Charles Bartlett