identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
890D87AEFFC98429FF2AFAA25F08F9B6.text	890D87AEFFC98429FF2AFAA25F08F9B6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mectemycor strangulatus	<div><p>Mectemycor strangulatus</p><p>was observed by the first author on 17 April 2018 in Pinal Co., Arizona in <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">Tonto National Forest</a> (33.445351, −111.467754, 800 m elevation), where six specimens were collected from a small, yellow flower (likely Asteraceae). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">All</a> collected specimens were identified using Majer (1995). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">The</a> species is immediately recognizable by the strong lateral constriction of its pronotum, which is particularly evident in males (Fig. 1, right image). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">It</a> is worth noting that the male genitalia presented here, as well as male genitalia of specimens from California, differ subtly from the illustration of the holotype in Majer (1995), which <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">Majer</a> presented as being slightly asymmetrical. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">We</a> believe this minor difference may be due to preparation difficulties related to the age of the illustrated specimen (collected in 1891), or simple variation. Additional collections and dissections are needed to determine whether these differences are diagnostically meaningful. Three specimens are deposited in the <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-111.46775&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.44535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -111.46775/lat 33.44535)">University</a> of California Riverside Collection (UCRC; Riverside, CA, USA) and three are deposited in the private collection of the first author (KRHC; Matthews, NC, USA).</p><p>Although M. strangulatus may not be confined to the seasonality or vegetation described here, it is worth noting that a Bugguide (bugguide.net/node/ view/1645794) image taken on 24 March 2019 (in California) displays Mectemycor linearis (Fall) mating on a yellow flower. Examining flowers in early spring may therefore prove to be a reliable method for encountering members of this uncommon and poorly known family.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/890D87AEFFC98429FF2AFAA25F08F9B6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hinson, Kevin R.;Gompel, Nicolas	Hinson, Kevin R., Gompel, Nicolas (2024): New State Record for Mectemycor strangulatus Majer (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Mauroniscidae) from Arizona, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2): 216-218, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.216, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-78.2.216
