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pacifica fulvida or thoracica (Melecta pacifica fulvida or thoracica)
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Copyright © 2005
Adalbert Goertz
Melecta thoracica? (Melectidae) in Colorado Springs Foothills -
Melecta
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Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
May 20, 2005
Size: L = 13 mm
Found on Lesquerella ludoviciana (Silvery Bladderpod) in the
Foothills. Black; notum-T1 w/brown hair; BLACK T2T3T4T5T6;
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Contributed by
Adalbert Goertz
on 19 June, 2005 - 12:31am
Last updated 15 April, 2014 - 8:00pm
Moved
Moved from
Melecta
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John S. Ascher
, 15 April, 2014 - 8:00pm
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Moved
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Beatriz Moisset
, 7 November, 2006 - 8:26pm
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Melecta pacifica fulvida or M. thoracica [Melectini]
not Anthophora [Anthophorini]. Melecta is a cleptoparasite of Anthophora (and Habropoda) but is very different
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John S. Ascher
, 23 September, 2006 - 3:41pm
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Melecta sp.
Thank you, John. The first has been observed in Colorado, I think. The second not.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 23 September, 2006 - 9:07pm
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both occur in Colorado
Cockerell's lists are now quite out of date
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John S. Ascher
, 26 September, 2006 - 5:30pm
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