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Lagriinae gen. sp.
So, here is where things get a little messy. This beetle is just like one I spotted before (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/562...) but with different colors. Color morph? Sexual dimorphism? Different species/subspecies? Questions, questions...
Note the inflated middle tibiae of both - smells a male sexual character . . .
Pronotum dark vs. red is not an unusual variation in species. Both may be one species, alongwith:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/100...
Spotted on Nov 8, 2013
Submitted on Nov 9, 2013
