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Cymindis - Cymindis laticollis

Cymindis - Cymindis laticollis
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
September 30, 1976
Size: 11 mm
Det. P.W. Messer, 2015

coll'ed by J. Kidd, student collector, 9-30-56

spmn in the UTIC, Austin, TX (1)

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I have no examples of "Cymindis laticollis" in my synoptic set,
so I think the posted phrase "Det. PW Messer, 2015" likely refers to my old image-based identification and possibly it was limited only to the genus "Cymindis". But in retaining that phrase now, I might be getting undue credit for "Cymindis laticollis". To avoid ambiguity, I feel it is essential to distinguish between the two kinds of determinations when crediting someone, i.e., physical-based versus image-based. If this case were stated "physical-based" then the likely scenarios are either that the borrowed specimen was returned OR the specimen is with me under a revised species name.

keys out just fine... nice bug!
Moved from Subgenus Tarulus.

Moved
Moved from Harpalinae.

Cymindis
for sure.