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Horned Passalus--mouthparts - Odontotaenius disjunctus - male
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Horned Passalus--mouthparts - Odontotaenius disjunctus - Male
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
January 15, 2007
Size: 37 mm
View of those extremely robust mandibles from the ventral side.
Structure of lower mouthparts is distinctive for this family--mentum deeply notched, the notch occupied by the large, horn-like ligula, see Dillon, fig. 438 (1).

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Contributed by Cotinis on 23 February, 2007 - 9:21am
Last updated 24 February, 2007 - 4:03am

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