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Proctacanthus - Proctacanthus rufus - male
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Proctacanthus - Proctacanthus rufus - Male
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
June 30, 2006
Size: body length 27.4 mm.

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 9 July, 2006 - 12:59pm
Last updated 13 July, 2006 - 9:13am

Proctacanthus
The female is definitely P. rufus and this genitalia is too narrow for P. hinei so this is the male.
… Herschel Raney, 12 July, 2006 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Herschel,
Now to shift to less pristine streams and try to bag a P. hinei!
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 13 July, 2006 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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