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M. oregonensis or M. manni? - Myrmecophilus oregonensis
Copyright © 2010 Jack Owicki

M. oregonensis or M. manni? - Myrmecophilus oregonensis
El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California, USA
November 5, 2010
Size: ~3 mm
Found in association with ants under a dead log. I saw two of them.

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Contributed by Jack Owicki on 5 November, 2010 - 7:34pm
Last updated 21 January, 2012 - 9:43pm

Moved
Moved from Myrmecophilus.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 January, 2012 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Should be M. oregonensis in that location,
but apparently (???) the only way to tell them apart is that M. oregonensis runs darker as adults, and averages larger. Supposedly, M. oregonensis is from the Sierra westward to the coast and M. manni is east on the dry side (except sneaking west into western San Diego County). More recent records seem confused, or in fact the two occur together all along the coast. I suspect there are lot of misidentifications (and further I suspect that they are one species anyway).
… David J. Ferguson, 12 December, 2010 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, David.
Seems to be yet another case where the taxonomy and ranges are not very clear.
… Jack Owicki, 12 December, 2010 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

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