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Stenomorphus californicus rufipes - Stenomorphus californicus - female

Stenomorphus californicus rufipes - Stenomorphus californicus - Female
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
May 29, 2014
Size: 11.5 - 12 mm
Found on sidewalk in front of a commercial building after a heavy rain which pulled out many insects.

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Stenomorphus californicus rufipes - Stenomorphus californicus - female Stenomorphus californicus rufipes - Stenomorphus californicus - female

Moved

Moved
Moved from Stenomorphus.

Stenomorphus californicus rufipes
Stenomorphus californicus rufipes based on my microscopic examination of this female specimen which is deposited in the P.W.Messer collection as a photo-voucher. Thanks Iustin.

No published species keys exist for females of Stenomorphus and so identification in these cases must be done inferentially by association with sympatric males (= "guilt by association"). This (sub)species of Stenomorphus is the only one known in Texas.

Moved..tentatively
Moved from Beetles.

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