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Byrrhodes sp.? - Caenocara tenuipalpum
Copyright © 2013 tom murray

Byrrhodes sp.? - Caenocara tenuipalpum
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 15, 2013
Size: 2mm
Contributed by tom murray on 16 June, 2013 - 10:15pm
Last updated 22 September, 2013 - 11:01pm

Caenocara tenuipalpa Fall, male
ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom, a new species for the guide!

Key here is seeing under the microsope the slender terminal maxillary palpomeres and the shape of the last antennal segment. Males of this species do not have the eyes nearly as excised as the females.
… Brad Barnd, 22 September, 2013 - 11:04pm

Moved
Moved from Dorcatomini.
… Brad Barnd, 22 September, 2013 - 11:01pm

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