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Vigilant Tumblebug - Canthon vigilans
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Vigilant Tumblebug - Canthon vigilans
Hill Forest, east of Flat River, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 11, 2005
Size: 18 mm
Detail showing anterior tarsus for key to tribe Canthonini.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 9 August, 2006 - 3:16pm
Last updated 9 August, 2006 - 10:53pm

better
Good, this is better shot for the key. The missing (sub)genera will probably be tough to get from wild material - need to get some shots of pinned specimens, especially Pseudocanthon.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 9 August, 2006 - 4:50pm

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