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Megalodacne fasciata? - Megalodacne fasciata
Copyright © 2018 James Tyler Bell

Megalodacne fasciata? - Megalodacne fasciata
Edgewater/SERC, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
October 2, 2018
I found this Megalodacne sp. while doing field work today. I think it's M. fasciata based on the fine punctures visible on the elytra in this image. Can you confirm? Thanks!
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Contributed by James Tyler Bell on 2 October, 2018 - 3:03pm
Last updated 2 October, 2018 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Keeping for data point.

The fine punctures are diagnostic, but even in the field you can be pretty sure, the orange pattern at base of elytra for M. heros curves back towards the scutellum
… Jeff Brown, 2 October, 2018 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
M. heros
Like these?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8671193@N08/28429107138/
… James Tyler Bell, 2 October, 2018 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Did you just update the page comparing M. fasciata and M. heros? Thanks!
… James Tyler Bell, 2 October, 2018 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

I would also lean towards M. fasciata
based on the width of the lateral margins on the pronotum, but I have limited experience with this genus.
… Blaine Mathison, 2 October, 2018 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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