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Ataenius texanus Harold - Ataenius texanus
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Ataenius texanus Harold - Ataenius texanus
Pontotoc Ridge Preserve | The Nature Conservancy, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA
May 30, 2016
Det. V. Belov, 2019

at UV light nr. preserve HQ

spmn sent to TAMUIC

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 June, 2016 - 1:01pm
Last updated 10 October, 2019 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from Ataenius punctifrons.
… Mike Quinn, 10 October, 2019 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

pretty sure it's this one
both punctifrons and texanus are very common at my porch lights, but in the latter the heat punctures are all but obliterated; i think Stebnicka has synonymized punctifrons under texanus, probably erroneously; both are on the Lick Ck Park list, as they should be

Moved from Ataenius texanus.
… v belov, 10 May, 2019 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
No publication reverses Stebnicka's synonymy
If you actually look at hundreds of specimens of this group from across the country such differences disappear completely. Please do not ignore synonymies by experts like Stebnicka who have spent untold hours examining many, many more specimens than amateurs have.
… MJ Paulsen, 10 October, 2019 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ataenius.
… Mike Quinn, 27 June, 2016 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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