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Oscarinus texensis (Cartwright) - Oscarinus texensis
Copyright © 2012 Mike Quinn

Oscarinus texensis (Cartwright) - Oscarinus texensis
Dick Nichols District Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
February 29, 2012
Det. P. Skelley, 2012

coll'ed at MV lights

spmn sent to the TAMUIC
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 March, 2012 - 7:29pm
Last updated 26 July, 2021 - 6:25pm

Moved
Moved from Oscarinus welderi.
… v belov, 26 July, 2021 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Aphodius (Oscarinus) texensis?
Those sharp clypeal teeth have me worried. Oscarinus welderi and texensis are very similar, but texensis has teeth, while welderi has angulate to rounded clypeal angles. Without going back and referencing a series of specimens, leave it here for now.
… Paul Skelley, 13 March, 2012 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphodius.
… Mike Quinn, 1 March, 2012 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ataenius.
… v belov, 1 March, 2012 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

looks more Aphodius-ish to me
… Brad Barnd, 1 March, 2012 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
agreed
need to look into this - couple things come to mind
… Phillip Harpootlian, 1 March, 2012 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

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