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What happened to genus Stephanucha? - Euphoria verticalis

What happened to genus Stephanucha? - Euphoria verticalis
Amado Rd at the St Cruz River, St Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 5, 2008
Size: 14 mm
Last year this species was IDed by Phillip as Stephanucha verticalis. Its clypeus is dentate - Euphoria's is not. Looking at my old pictures I find it now as Euphoria, the genus page for Stephanucha has disappeared. Why?

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What happened to genus Stephanucha? - Euphoria verticalis What happened to genus Stephanucha? - Euphoria verticalis

Stephanucha was just sunk
This change makes sense (1). Bugguide has several species that were previously in Stephanucha, e.g. areata, pilipennis and this.

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