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Berosus

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
July 19, 2009
Size: 3 mm

Coll. P. Morton.

Has elytral apices like B. pugnax, but is quite small.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 23 November, 2011 - 6:55pm
Last updated 19 March, 2012 - 4:55pm

Interesting

May not be B. pugnax..Epler mentions that there a number of species outside FL with similar elytral apices but with differently shaped abdominal emarginations. Best to get the males (if you have any) to resolve this issue-the aedeagus usually takes care of most ID problems in this genus...I would recommend Van Tassell's 1966 monograph but it's a PhD dissertation and I don't think she published it(don't have a copy myself).

… Tim Loh, 29 November, 2011 - 1:28am

Unfortunate they are both singular females

and I have no males. I saw the same comment about similar species in Epler, and I figured it wasn't pugnax but a similar more western species. I couldn't find her dissertation online either, and there are probably some unpublished names in it.

I hope this genus gets a good work-over soon. :)

… Brad Barnd, 29 November, 2011 - 1:40am

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