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Orthoperus brunneus, anterior - Orthoperus
Copyright © 2011 Edward L. Ruden

Orthoperus brunneus, anterior - Orthoperus
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
September 25, 2011
Size: 0.94 mm
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"Antennae 9-jointed ... labrum broadly rounded ... the head in great part exposed ... Anterior tibiae flattened (compare ventral view), the external edge acute, the axial line feebly arcuate throughout"(1).

This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 325 images with a 1.8 micron step taken with a Nikon BD 20X 0.40NA microscope objective + adapter/extension tube + Nikon D300 camera.

Images of this individual: tag all
Orthoperus brunneus*, dorsal - Orthoperus Orthoperus brunneus, dorsal crop - Orthoperus Orthoperus brunneus, lateral - Orthoperus Orthoperus brunneus, ventral - Orthoperus Orthoperus brunneus, anterior - Orthoperus Orthoperus brunneus, anterior, higher perspective - Orthoperus
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 20 December, 2011 - 9:22am
Last updated 4 January, 2012 - 10:30pm

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