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Primitive Orthocladiinae - Diplocladius cultriger - male
Copyright © 2019 Steve Scholnick

Primitive Orthocladiinae - Diplocladius cultriger - Male
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
December 23, 2019
Size: ~4mm
dorsal view of the genitalia showing the bifurcate gonostylus. specimen treated with a commercial "appendage relaxing fluid" (ammonium hydroxide and unspecified "surfactants"). photographed with the specimen in water.
This was the only way I could easily see that the gonostylus was actually bifurcate

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 25 December, 2019 - 5:34pm
Last updated 5 December, 2021 - 10:52pm

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