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Neopetissius
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Neopetissius
Bentsen-RGV State Park, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
June 12, 2009
Det. T.J. Henry, 2019

ex. ground-level Flight Intercept Trap (FIT), set in cedar elm forest: IV-7 to IX-12-2009

spmn in the TAMUIC
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 August, 2015 - 2:08pm
Last updated 26 June, 2021 - 2:51pm

matches surprisingly well...
...a genus not yet known to occur north of Mexico -- but none of its described member spp.
neat... in any case, certainly not a Cryphula or any other lethaeine recorded in the US, to the best of my knowledge

Moved from Cryphula.
… v belov, 18 September, 2019 - 4:34pm

 
id confirmed by T.J. Henry
...the very next day, i just forgot to post
… v belov, 15 October, 2019 - 3:32pm

must be a species that we don't have in the guide yet
looks pretty distinctive

Moved from Lygaeoidea.
… v belov, 18 August, 2015 - 5:17pm

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