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Tornos cinctarius - Tornos abjectarius - male

Tornos cinctarius - Tornos abjectarius - Male
Midway, Bullock County, Alabama, USA
April 29, 2022
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114753437

Dissected/determined by JoAnne Russo

According to DNA barcoding, t
According to DNA barcoding, this was determined to be abjectarius, The barcoding excluded all the cinctarius records. It seems there's a remnant or very partial 3rd spine in the everted vesica, making it abjectarius. I've been finding the "rule" of 3 spines for abjectarius and 2 spines for cinctarius is not holding up. The barcoding also had a SNP in the DNA.

Moved
Moved from Tornos cinctarius.

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