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Gyrinus gehringi
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Copyright © 2011
tom murray
Whirligig Beetle -
Gyrinus gehringi
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Dummer, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
July 26, 2011
Size: 5.8mm
Taken near rocks at the edge of the Androscoggin River.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 27 July, 2011 - 7:25pm
Last updated 20 November, 2011 - 9:15pm
Gyrinus gehringi (Fall)
Based on examination of photovoucher; This is a male specimen; some diagnostic characters include uniformly red underside (including abdominal sternites), large size, hardly noticeable microsculpture, and features of the aedeagus (slender, gradually tapering to a point). Most similar to G. lecontei, but that species has the abdominal sternites darker (brownish) medially bordered with red and has the aedeagus broader.
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Tim Loh
, 18 November, 2011 - 12:16pm
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