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Kissingeria
Photo#560350
Copyright © 2011
Mike Quinn
Kissingeria
Sand Hill Prairie, Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt, 11 km. N. Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2011
Det. V. Belov, 2011
Collected sweeping prairie plants during the BugGuide Gathering_2011
Spmn sent to TAMUIC
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Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 9 August, 2011 - 5:19pm
Last updated 18 January, 2015 - 12:51am
Moved
Moved from
Pear-shaped Weevils
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v belov
, 2 January, 2015 - 7:01am
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best guess, male Kissingeria capitone
...a highly dimorphic prairie species.
male is good news... pls compare with descr. on p.95 & fig. 66 in
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to confirm
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v belov
, 10 August, 2011 - 11:01am
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seems like a pretty good match...
Same genus at the very least...
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Mike Quinn
, 10 August, 2011 - 11:30am
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btw...
...i now strongly suspect another item of yours to be congeneric, albeit not conspecific :]
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v belov
, 10 August, 2011 - 12:53pm
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Yes,
and that one (from southmost Texas) has the pale antennal bases that Bright (1993)
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specifically mentions, which are lacking in the spmn from Iowa...
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Mike Quinn
, 10 August, 2011 - 1:13pm
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ubercute and special --hopefully, we'll figure it out
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v belov
, 9 August, 2011 - 5:25pm
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could it be Trichapion tenuir
could it be Trichapion tenuirostrum given the denser scales on interstriae 3?
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jhjanicki
, 2 March, 2012 - 12:11am
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