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Tipulogaster glabrata - female
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Tipulogaster glabrata - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 19, 2007
Size: 18 mm wingspan
Detail of head, thorax. Herschel Raney says of this genus/species:

"Note the shellacked look of the thoracic dorsum. None of the other thin Leptogaster creatures has that feature."

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Tipulogaster glabrata - female Tipulogaster glabrata - female Tipulogaster glabrata - female
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Contributed by Cotinis on 21 February, 2008 - 2:59pm
Last updated 5 March, 2008 - 7:31pm

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