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Lachesilla floridana Garcia Aldrete - Lachesilla floridana - female
Copyright © 2012 Diane Young

Lachesilla floridana Garcia Aldrete - Lachesilla floridana - Female
Dauphin Island Audubon Trail, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 28, 2012
Size: 2.0 mm
New species for BugGuide! Caught on dead leaves of Sabal minor during The Swarm, 2012_gathering. Described in" "New North American Lachesilla in the Forcepeta group" Alfonso Garcia Aldrete (Mockford's PhD student), Rev. Biol. Trop., 47(1-2): 163-188, 1999. I think she's rather attractive, don't you? Mockford verified my ID.

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Lachesilla floridana Garcia Aldrete - Lachesilla floridana - female Lachesilla floridana Garcia Aldrete - Lachesilla floridana - female
Contributed by Diane Young on 2 August, 2012 - 9:18am
Last updated 2 August, 2012 - 7:27pm

Great, thanks Diane!
Moved from forcepeta group.
… Brad Barnd, 2 August, 2012 - 7:27pm

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