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Carpophilus from yucca flowers - Caplothorax melanopterus
Copyright © 2012 Rick Murphy

Carpophilus from yucca flowers - Caplothorax melanopterus
Richardson, Collin County, Texas, USA
April 6, 2012
Size: 5mm
Shook from yucca flower. I still have the live specimen, so more photos are an option if necessary.

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Contributed by Rick Murphy on 6 April, 2012 - 4:58pm
Last updated 21 June, 2016 - 3:13pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Carpophilus.
… v belov, 19 November, 2013 - 6:59am

awesome --thanks for excellent picz; will revisit
[added:] there is a chance that this is a form of melanopterus --see(1) pp. 164 ff.
… v belov, 6 April, 2012 - 6:21pm

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