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Bassareus detritus - male

Bassareus detritus - Male
Parkwood, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 7, 2021
Size: 4.5 mm
Found on vegetation and captured for photographs. Eventually will undergo barcoding! This appears to be a male.
Quoting Ciegler (1), p. 172, key to genera of Cryptocephalinae:
10(9) Anterior edge of proepisternum laterally sinuous or toothed, in many specimens difficult to see (Fig. 285); abdominal sternum 1 of male excavated in middle and with large spine on each side; length 3.2-5.5 mm --- Bassareus

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