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Leavenworth Stilt-legger - Barce fraterna - female

Leavenworth Stilt-legger - Barce fraterna - Female
Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington, USA
October 11, 2011
Size: 13mm

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Barce fraterna
Looks like a gravid female. Closest metapterine in the area is B. f. banksii known from California. I find separating B. fraterna into subspecies to be impractical for reasons outlined by Wygodzinsky (1966)(1) and so I've left it at the species level.

Moved from Thread-legged Bugs.

 
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