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Physocephala - Physocephala sagittaria - male

Physocephala - Physocephala sagittaria - Male
Old Ferry Landing on the Mississippi, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 30, 2020
Any help in narrowing this to species, if possible with these photos, would be much appreciated. I think it's a male, but I'll for the experts to verify that.

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Beautiful, richly-colored individual
...of the "ferruginous form" of Physocephala sagittaria. The diagnostic characters for this species are summarized here, and can be corroborated in your photos.

This is a male (from the absence of a theca...see 3rd bulleted item here).

 
Thanks.
Thanks, Aaron. I appreciate the thorough commentary along with the ID.

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