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Arctachaea--voucher image - Chrysso - male
Copyright © 2015 Chad Heins

Arctachaea--voucher image - Chrysso - Male
Jessenland Unit--Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA
June 12, 2015
Collected during bioblitz with USFWS. Specimen died before habitus could be taken. Specimen in alcohol; stack of 14 images.

Keys out to this genus in SONA. Femur I: ~3.1mm; Patella/Tibia I: ~3.5mm; Metatarsus I: ~3.0mm; Tarsus I: ~1.1mm. Sternum bordered in black; legs lack black spotting; legs I, II, and IV have brown at distal joint of tibia. This size is larger than either A. pelyx or A. nordica.

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Contributed by Chad Heins on 15 June, 2015 - 4:50pm
Last updated 9 May, 2022 - 12:43pm

Moved
Moved from Arctachaea. Arctachaea is in synonymy with Chrysso.
… Chad Heins, 9 May, 2022 - 12:43pm

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