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MBSB #5 - Corticarina cavicollis

MBSB #5 - Corticarina cavicollis
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 3, 2012
Size: 1.5mm

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MBSB #5 - Corticarina cavicollis MBSB #5 - Corticarina cavicollis

Moved
Moved from Corticarina.

Moved

Corticarina sp.
Another great addition. Although normally challenging to discern from Corticaria based only on the dorsum, the ventral photo shows the "scoop-shaped", elongate first tarsomeres (evident on both the meso- and metatarsi) characteristic of Corticarina. Ventrally, the first tarsomere almost covers the second with this projection.

I was going to add a cropped photo of this to your series, but stopped short of messing up your post! :-)

 
Thanks Charlene
how about I go back and try to image the tarsi with a higher mag setup. I'm ready for a new optics challenge (or perhaps just for an excuse to hunt for new optics ;)

 
ha!
These are the perfect subjects for an optics challenge! :-D

If you do attach a close-up of the metatarsi, I'll be sure to link to your photo whenever I explain this character for Corticarina in the guide!

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