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Pterodontia from northern Sierra Nevada - Pterodontia flavipes - male
Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

Pterodontia from northern Sierra Nevada - Pterodontia flavipes - Male
Vermelli Ranch, at NW corner of Sierra Valley, Plumas County, California, USA
July 13, 2011
Frontal view.

Notice the front femora here are "entirely deep yellow", in accord with the comments of Sabrosky on male P. flavipes in his 1943 notes on acroceridae appearing in the Entomological News, Vol. 45 (see 2nd paragraph on pg. 179 here).

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 12 August, 2011 - 6:40pm
Last updated 25 July, 2014 - 3:55pm

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