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Selenophorus chaparralus Purrington 2000 - Selenophorus chaparralus - male
Copyright © 2020 Brian Raber

Selenophorus chaparralus Purrington 2000 - Selenophorus chaparralus - Male
Devil's River, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
September 26, 2020
Size: 7.9 mm
Collected at MV light located on the bluff overlooking the Devil's River, three weeks after approx. 5 inches of rain
Note the characteristic median lobe of the aedeagus. The apical 1/5 is angled abruptly right whereas the basal 1/5 is curved to the left as described by Purrington.
Det. B. T. Raber 2020
spmn in the BTRC

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Contributed by Brian Raber on 7 October, 2020 - 4:15pm
Last updated 18 November, 2020 - 8:51am

Moved
Moved from subgenus Selenophorus.
… Peter W. Messer, 8 October, 2020 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Wonderful!
It would be instructive to see a closeup of the terminal abdominal segment showing the diagnostic bilateral pair of carinate tubercles that only the males exhibit in this precinctive species.
… Peter W. Messer, 7 October, 2020 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

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