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Rhaphiomidas acton? - Rhaphiomidas - male
Copyright © 2017 Alice Abela

Rhaphiomidas acton? - Rhaphiomidas - Male
Colorado River area sand dunes, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
March 31, 2017
Size: ~2.5cm
Found in sandy desert dune habitat

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Rhaphiomidas acton? - Rhaphiomidas - male Rhaphiomidas acton? - Rhaphiomidas - male
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 11 June, 2017 - 8:32pm
Last updated 27 August, 2018 - 11:42am

Moved
Moved from Rhaphiomidas hasbroucki.

Hi Even. I spoke with Rhaphiomidas cognoscenti Rick Rogers who mentioned this is not R. hasbroucki but rather an undescribed species. I had gone carefully through Cazier and arrived at R. acton mahleri...but figured it's best left at genus for now, since Rick is working on a description.
… Aaron Schusteff, 27 August, 2018 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. Agreed that R. has
Thank you. Agreed that R. hasbroucki seems to have been a mistake.
… Even Dankowicz, 30 August, 2018 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhaphiomidas.
… Even Dankowicz, 9 July, 2018 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

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