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Nallachius americanus
Photo#842745
Copyright © 2013
A. Hendrickson
What is this? -
Nallachius americanus
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Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas, USA
September 13, 2013
I think the antenna are too short for it to be a Lepidoptera. The only thought I had was maybe a Forcep Fly.
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Contributed by
A. Hendrickson
on 16 September, 2013 - 11:58am
Last updated 7 February, 2018 - 8:57pm
BTW...Congratulations! Your post was referenced in publication.
I've been working today on the
Nallachius
pages on BugGuide (as a contributing editor)...and while researching I noticed that Woodville, TX (in far eastern Texas) is the location for the westernmost
vouchered
record appearing in the literature for this species (cf.
Stange(1961)
).
Your photo here is about 250 km further west than Woodville...so you are pushing the envelope :-)
In fact, I just found that your post here was referenced as the last entry among the "Supplemental Records" on pg 4 of the publication
Bowles et al(2015)
! That paper made use of BugGuide records as part of its assessment of the geographic distribution of
Nallachius
species.
However, there is currently one other
TX BugGuide post
, made after the 2015 paper of Bowles et al was published. It's north of you, near Dallas...and appears to be a bit more to the west as well...thus pushing the envelope a little further :-)
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Aaron Schusteff
, 8 February, 2018 - 2:13am
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How very interesting! Thank you for taking time to inform me. I am pretty sure it is my first print reference!
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A. Hendrickson
, 8 February, 2018 - 8:24am
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This is a female
Males have pectinate antennae, while females have filiform antennae...as seen in your photo here.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 7 February, 2018 - 10:41pm
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Moved
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John R. Maxwell
, 16 September, 2013 - 12:46pm
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Many thanks
John. I had no idea Lacewings could look like this!
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A. Hendrickson
, 16 September, 2013 - 12:52pm
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