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Metatrichia bulbosa
Photo#90876
Copyright © 2006
Shaun Winterton
Metatrichia bulbosa, mating pair -
Metatrichia bulbosa
-
Organ Pipe cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA
April 1, 2006
Scenopinidae: Metatrichia bulbosa, pair in copula [male on left]
Contributed by
Shaun Winterton
on 24 December, 2006 - 6:02pm
Last updated 27 December, 2006 - 9:59am
Did you mean another species?
A couple of sites give the range of
M. robusta
as Neotropical [i.e. Paraguay (
1
) and the Amazon basin (
2
)], whereas the range of
bulbosa
is given as Nearctic (
3
) and more specifically western United States (
4
), and the range of
griseola
is also Nearctic - western US, type locality New Mexico (
5
).
Are these ranges incorrect/outdated?
…
Robin McLeod
, 25 December, 2006 - 12:41am
Metatrichia [scratch robusta] bulbosa
Sorry about that!! You are absolutely correct Robin. I meant M. bulbosa, not M. robusta. Metatrichia bulbosa is the only Metatrichia species in North America. Brevitrichia griseola, the other species you referred to, was originally described in Pseudatrichia, but subsequently moved to Brevitrichia. Both are common and species rich genera on the New World. Metatrichia robusta is distinctive and valid species from the Neotropics as you pointed out.
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Shaun Winterton
, 27 December, 2006 - 10:14am
