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1004W01 - Melanocanthon nigricornis
Copyright © 2014 Iustin Cret

1004W01 - Melanocanthon nigricornis
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
October 4, 2014
Size: 8.3 mm
Melanocanthon?
Found in the same area with. (Around 1/2-3/4 miles distance.)

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 5 October, 2014 - 10:05am
Last updated 29 March, 2016 - 1:28am

Melanocanthon nigricornis (Say), female
Moved from Melanocanthon. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Iustin.

I think M. granulifer also gets into Texas, but it has larger, denser granules on the pronotum.
… Brad Barnd, 29 March, 2016 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Sorry for the incorrect initial move; I was trying to evaluate the number of spurs on the hind tibiae and I mis-counted initially (looking only at the dorsal and leg images)--the ventral shot clearly shows two spurs with places this specimen in Melanocanthon.

Moved from subgenus Boreocanthon.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 October, 2014 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
and don't worry about two moves.
Yes they are two spurs on tibiae. The dorsal and side photos are tricky, hide one and in most pictures seems to be only one. Ventral photo show the best the spurs.
I added a dorsal view,where the spurs can be observed.
… Iustin Cret, 5 October, 2014 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 October, 2014 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

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