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Photo#374968
Scutellerid - Tetyra robusta

Scutellerid - Tetyra robusta
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
March 5, 2010
Size: 12mm
Found on leaf of desert spoon or sotol, Dasylirion wheeleri.
Elevation 5,000. ft.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.

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Tetyra robusta Uhler -- Joe Eger det.
Moved from Shield-backed Bugs.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

no ventrals/ventrolaterals?
lovely shot; it would be a shame to let it sit at fam. level...

 
Reminds me of
Tetyra, but legs were in the most annoying positions during ventral shots.

 
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now this is something to work with -- thanks cw
i'll refer it to Dr Eger

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