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Acanthocephala alata, new to US? - Acanthocephala alata
Copyright © 2018 Tony Henehan (TPWD biologist)

Acanthocephala alata, new to US? - Acanthocephala alata
Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
December 5, 2017
From the iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9056944

Identified as Acanthocephala alata by Wongun Kim. Explanation: The position of the large dark spot (center of the pronotum) and the dark first to third antennal segments distinguish A. alata from A. declivis.
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Contributed by Sam Kieschnick on 2 January, 2018 - 1:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Great addition! Thanks for sharing!

EDIT: Given the characteristics noted, it seems we already had a number of these on the A. declivis pages.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 January, 2018 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Species page not on bugguide
Genus with 4 US species:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2718#id

Perhaps this would be a 5th?

Many thanks to WonGun Kim for explanation of ID.
… Sam Kieschnick, 2 January, 2018 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
A new Acanthocephala sp.!
Exciting! I don't think I've seen one of these yet. I'll have to be on the look-out!
… Kai Joaquin, 3 January, 2018 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

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