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Photo#941693
Anisodactylus opaculus - female

Anisodactylus opaculus - Female
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
June 20, 2014

Nice
In this and other photos, you can clearly see the most important distinguishing character- moderately expanded first protarsomeres in the females.

 
Nice to see female protarsomere "strongly" expanded
in this species but not a unique character among female members of the subgenus: "strongly" so in A.(G.) harpaloides; "moderately" so in A.(G.) texanus. The relative terms "strongly" and "moderately" are after the key to species by Noonan (1973).

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Anisodactylus (Gynandrotarsus) opaculus (LeConte, 1863)
Anisodactylus (Gynandrotarsus) opaculus (LeConte, 1863) based on my microscopic examination of this female specimen which is deposited in the P.W.Messer collection as a photo-voucher. The very dull elytra (from strong microsculpture) helps distinguish this one within the subgenus. Thanks Iustin for this species contribution new to BugGuide.

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