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Oscarinus texensis (Cartwright) - Oscarinus texensis

Dick Nichols District Park, sw Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
February 29, 2012

Det. P. Skelley, 2012

coll'ed at UV lights

spmn in the TAMUIC

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 March, 2012 - 7:29pm
Last updated 28 October, 2023 - 8:21pm

Moved

Moved from Oscarinus welderi.

… v belov, 26 July, 2021 - 3:58pm

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

Moved

Moved from Aphodius.

… Mike Quinn, 1 March, 2012 - 9:32pm

Moved

Moved from Ataenius.

… v belov, 1 March, 2012 - 9:00pm

looks more Aphodius-ish to me

… Brad Barnd, 1 March, 2012 - 8:29pm

agreed

need to look into this - couple things come to mind

… Phillip Harpootlian, 1 March, 2012 - 8:32pm

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