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Psyrassa? - Oeme rigida
Copyright © 2014 stan gilliam

Psyrassa? - Oeme rigida
Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
June 1, 2014
Size: ~16mm
I couldn't find a match for the shape of the pronotum among the look-alikes.
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Contributed by stan gilliam on 2 June, 2014 - 9:17am
Last updated 2 June, 2014 - 10:45am

neat... Psyrassa is more spaghettified and not closely related
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 June, 2014 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, even better!
You've made my day and created a new word for the lexicon of
entomological morphology.

BTW, my photo of Cophes obtentus,
wound up in Art Evans' new book! (p. 485)
Thanks for your help with the weevils.
… stan gilliam, 2 June, 2014 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
happy to hear that
the pleasure is all mine, Stan.
the term was borrowed from the astrophysics; it refers to the uneven stretching an object undergoes in an extreme gravitational field approaching a black hole
… v belov, 2 June, 2014 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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