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Melanophthalma pumila - male
Copyright © 2010 Charlene Wood

Melanophthalma pumila - Male
~95 km NW of Peace River, Alberta, Canada
June 23, 2008
Size: 1.7 mm
The swollen prosternum is quite obvious in lateral views- you can see that the area just before the procoxae (where the front legs attach) is enlarged and forms a swollen bump at about the level of the coxae or sometimes beyond.

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Contributed by Charlene Wood on 29 January, 2010 - 1:46pm
Last updated 3 December, 2012 - 11:45am

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