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weevil - Pissodes affinis - male

weevil - Pissodes affinis - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 7, 2014

spelled affinis, actually [page corrected]
never trust D&A for spelling... or grammar )))

 
thanks v!
I should have caught that...

Pissodes affinus Randall, male
Moved from Pissodes. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom!

New for the guide. Difficult to see, but the hind tibiae are fringed with long hairs, only seen in this and one other western species of Pissodes.

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