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Ophonus puncticeps Stephens 1828 - Ophonus puncticeps - male

Ophonus puncticeps Stephens 1828 - Ophonus puncticeps - Male
Spanish Fork Canyon, River Park, Utah County, Utah, USA
July 13, 2013
Size: ~7.2 mm
Collected by my friend and fellow coleopterist Dan Cavan.

A bit unexpected this far west. Not reported from Utah by Bousquet 2012.

Ophonus puncticeps UT rec. n.
This new state record is added to the post-2012 caraboid registry. Thank you Jonathan for alerting us.

The westward range extension is quite unexpected from prior IA to now UT.

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