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Symphypleona - Sminthurinus latimaculosus

Symphypleona - Sminthurinus latimaculosus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
January 26, 2008
Size: less than 1 mm
Found in leaf litter.


This might also be the same species.

Moved

Sminthurinus latimaculosus
Given the recent upload of detailed pictures of S. atrapallidus by Scott Justis, I realised your pictures are of specimens of a different species. Sminthurinus latimaculosus has white legs as atrapallidus, but also a head that is much more pale than the body. In addition at the back of the head, laterally, there is a large dark spot, hence latimaculosus (= with lateral spot).

Moved

Sminthurinus cf. igniceps
Given the pale head. Currently, records of S. igniceps from the USA are considered as doubthfull...

 
Thanks
Frans. Your guesses are almost always right. Should I ask for a new page?

 
Yes, I would ask for a new page Sminthurinus igniceps
It is best to organise the tentative IDs, even if it turns out later it has to be changed. At least the effort to change it then will be minimal.

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