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Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - male
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Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - Male
Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
September 1, 2014
Size: ~2mm
I've collected these with carrion and pitfall traps throughout the summer and autumn at prairies in NW Illinois and from the lawn of the Field Museum. It's usually quite rare in samples.

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Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - male Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - male Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - male
Contributed by Joe R. on 31 October, 2014 - 9:37pm
Last updated 1 November, 2014 - 8:42am

Moved
Moved from Limosininae.
… John F. Carr, 1 November, 2014 - 8:41am

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