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Mestobregma impexum
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Copyright © 2008
David J. Ferguson
Mestobregma impexum
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south of Junction, Piute County, Utah, USA
August 18, 2008
Size: 32 mm
Common on a hillside covered in black rocks.
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Contributed by
David J. Ferguson
on 11 September, 2008 - 12:42am
Last updated 30 September, 2008 - 7:33pm
Moved
Moved from
Mestobregma
.
Moved from
Platte Range Grasshopper
.
The large head with short "forehead", the structure of the frontal costa on the face, shape of the pronotum, and coloring of the wings all favor M. impexum. The inner face of the hind femur is not supposed to be this dark in this species, but everything else fits. I'm not entirely convinced that M. impexum and M. plattei are different species, but that will take more sampling in the field to prove one way or the other.
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David J. Ferguson
, 20 September, 2008 - 1:31am
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