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Megalopsallus ephedrae - male
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Megalopsallus ephedrae - Male
Tinajas Altas Mts., Yuma County, Arizona, USA
March 10, 2020
Size: 3.3 mm to tip of wings
Detail of texture and vestiture of hemelytra. Note that Schuh (2000) mentions silvery, scale-like setae as well as the dark, simple setae you see here. My assumption is that the silvery setae were unfortunately abraded from the specimen.

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Contributed by Jason Botz on 6 April, 2020 - 2:49pm

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