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type - Spissistilus occidentalis - female
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type - Spissistilus occidentalis - Female
Imperial County, California, USA
This is a type specimen of Ceresa occidentalis
coll. E.O. Essig; collection info incomplete

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Contributed by Hopper Museum on 26 February, 2022 - 1:36pm
Last updated 3 July, 2023 - 8:58pm

Original description + Smithsonian type specimen page
The 1915 protologue for Ceresa occidentalis by W. D. Funkhouser appears here, and Figs. 7-10 here illustrate "lateral, cephalic, and dorsal views" and "last ventral segment of the female". The description indicates the type was a female with length 6.5 mm; width 3.6 mm.

The Smithsonian type specimen page for Ceresa occidentalis is here shows the same images as above...but adds no more info than already here (except for a label image with a date reading "WDFunkhouser Collection 1962"...which is puzzling, as the protologue indicates the type was a female collected by E.O. Essig before the 1915 publication date!).
… Aaron Schusteff, 3 July, 2023 - 2:44am login or register to post comments

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