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Maybe Saldini - Salda anthracina
Copyright © 2012 John R. Maxwell

Maybe Saldini - Salda anthracina
Warren Grove Gunnery Range, Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA
June 16, 2012
Size: Maybe around 5.5 mm?
but the wings veins aren't there?

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 20 June, 2012 - 9:25am
Last updated 23 June, 2023 - 5:41am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Salda.
… v belov, 23 June, 2023 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lampracanthia crassicornis.
… v belov, 20 June, 2012 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

oops! Brady's opinion sure has more gravitas...
Moved tentatively from Salda.
… v belov, 20 June, 2012 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I strongly suspect Salda anthr*acina, but I have no specimens at hand with which to compare.
… Brady Richards, 20 June, 2012 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
Specimen
Do you want this one? It's still alive in a vial with some vegetation. I can drop it in some 190-proof Everclear and send it to you.
… John R. Maxwell, 20 June, 2012 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

 
You bet
I'd love to examine this one. As I just wrote to =v=, my first thought was Lampracanthia as well -- that one has been on my to-get list for about 15 years, but as I understand it, the critter has a narrow emergence window and I'm a bit removed from its range. Tim Loh posted a nice photo of a specimen and you can see the concave margins and acute posterior projections of the pronotum very nicely. Aside from those two characters, your specimen is very similar. For comparison, here's Tim's specimen:
… Brady Richards, 20 June, 2012 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

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