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Prionus arenarius Hovore - Prionus arenarius - male
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Prionus arenarius Hovore - Prionus arenarius - Male
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Ward County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2005
Close-up of the diagnostic broad, flattened posterior tarsi with conspicuous setal fringes (Hovore 1981)

Hovore, F.T. 1981. Two new species of Prionus (Homaesthesis) from the southwestern United States, with notes on other species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 35(4): 453-457.

Specimen curated in The Univ. Texas Insect Coll. (UTIC)

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 January, 2010 - 8:13pm

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