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Nemotelus - Nemotelus albirostris - female
Copyright © 2017 John Schneider

Nemotelus - Nemotelus albirostris - Female
High Island, Chambers County, Texas, USA
April 23, 2017
No Nemotelus in the guide has this abdominal pattern. Both this female and a nearby male were collected. Here's the male:
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Contributed by John Schneider on 23 April, 2017 - 8:58pm
Last updated 16 December, 2023 - 10:36pm

Nemotelus albirostris Macquart, female
Moved from Nemotelus. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John.

While N. bellulus does have a similar pattern, it has a much shorter rostellum ("snout").
… Brad Barnd, 22 August, 2017 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Voucher
deposited in CSCA

males and females are dimorphic in coloration
… Brad Barnd, 2 June, 2025 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Pattern looks like N. Bellulus
Pattern looks like N. Bellulus at this page:
http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/taxa/index.php?taxauthid=1&taxon=112960&cl=47

That sp. is apparently known from texas, but new for Bugguide.
… John Schneider, 24 April, 2017 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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