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heliopsis or pulchellus (Holcopasites heliopsis or pulchellus)
Photo#1443296
Copyright © 2017
I Fox
Holcopasites
8.5 mi. east of the KS/CO line, Hamilton County, Kansas, USA
September 19, 2017
Size: 5mm
Collected on Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
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Contributed by
I Fox
on 20 September, 2017 - 8:36am
H. pulchellus would be my guess
See
my uploads of an H. pulchellus specimen
with nitty gritty detail on a visible difference in lateral thorax coloration between this species and the very similarly patterned H. heliopsis.
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Paul De Ley
, 20 September, 2021 - 4:22pm
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