Taphrocerus gracilis? - Taphrocerus nicolayi - BugGuide.Net

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Taphrocerus gracilis? - Taphrocerus nicolayi

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 12, 2013

Contributed by tom murray on 13 September, 2013 - 7:25am
Last updated 18 September, 2013 - 7:34pm

Moved

Moved from Taphrocerus.
Thanks Ted. I saved the specimen and am planning on sending it to Joshua.

… tom murray, 18 September, 2013 - 7:34pm

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...who will likely end up sending it to me :)

… Ted C. MacRae, 19 September, 2013 - 11:17am

Ted, should I just send this one and a couple others I have saved to you?

… tom murray, 19 September, 2013 - 10:07pm

More than likely...

...this is Taphrocerus nicolayi, which is smaller and less distinctly wedge-shaped than T. gracilis and lacks the brassy luster of the latter. Firm IDs in this genus are rarely possible from photos alone.

… Ted C. MacRae, 18 September, 2013 - 6:39pm

ID

That is as good a guess as any. I suggest sending the image to Ted MacRae and/or Henry Hespenheide. Very nice image, Tom; however, a very difficult genus (at least in my opinion).

… Richard L. Westcott, 18 September, 2013 - 2:39pm

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