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Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male

Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - Male
Canoa Ranch Rest Area (northbound) Hwy 19, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 29, 2019
Size: 17 mm
Coordinates: 31.765774, -111.034543
Elevation: 2,998 ft
On the floor near exterior lights
The “inner claw with split apex on the protarsus” places it in Dyscinetus sp. The pronotum nearly impunctate would suggest D. laevicollis.
Dr. Brett Ratcliffe said: "It does appear to be D. laevicollis. Great pics as usual."
A new species for BugGuide!
NOTE: Unfortunately, I was in the final steps of cleaning the parameres under the microscope and, after draining some of the water in my wash dish using a pipette, the parameres disappeared! I have searched everywhere and I don't understand how I could have lost them. Maybe I will find them, but at this point I am not hopeful. Now my goal is to find a male of this species again to image the parameres.

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Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male Male, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - male

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Moved from Rice Beetles.

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