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fuzzy, gray lonhorn - Dectes texanus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

fuzzy, gray lonhorn - Dectes texanus
low base of Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 13, 2006
Size: about 9 mm
Collected midday by sweeping various flowering plants and shrubs with net. IDed incorrectly from specimens in the NMSU arthropod collection, where this and most of my specimens from this trip now reside. I thought that species name, D. spin*osus (an outmoded synonym) might refer to the lateral spines on the pronotum.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 3 September, 2006 - 3:07pm
Last updated 5 August, 2007 - 7:41am

Moved
Moved from Soybean Stem Borer.
… Jim McClarin, 5 August, 2007 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

Species ID to be verified
compare here:
… Boris Büche, 5 August, 2007 - 4:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for pointing that out, Boris.
According to Guy, D. texanus has segment 2 approximately as long as it is wide whereas in the other species it is distinctly longer than wide. In every view it looks like this one answers to the first description, D. texanus.
… Jim McClarin, 5 August, 2007 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dectes spinosa.
… Jim McClarin, 7 June, 2007 - 2:49am login or register to post comments

Dectes sayi
appears to be the current name, with D. spinosa and several other names as synonyms. See ZipcodeZoo and ITIS.
… Robin McLeod, 7 June, 2007 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

 
It figures.
The arthropod collection at NMSU, or at least a major portion of it, was woefully in need of curation. Thanks, Robin.
… Jim McClarin, 7 June, 2007 - 2:47am login or register to post comments

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