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Amblypsilopus? - Amblypsilopus scintillans - female
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Amblypsilopus? - Amblypsilopus scintillans - Female
Wayne County, Ohio, USA
July 25, 2013
Contributed by Andrea Kautz on 1 April, 2014 - 10:18am
Last updated 1 April, 2014 - 1:39pm

Look for males
I have identified a few female Amblypsilopus scintillans despite the pale hind coxae. Based on that character would key to costalis, which is a southeastern species. Scintillans has black mid and hind coxae. Color of coxae is sexually dimorphic in a number of species of Sciapodinae and I assume this is one of them, with the description only correct for males.
… John F. Carr, 1 April, 2014 - 1:54pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 1 April, 2014 - 1:39pm

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