Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-11-2006 18:07
#4
Ooops!. You know those picture puzzles which show you a common object from an unusual angle? ...
This isn't
Pelina, but rather
Ochthera. As it has its mantid-like forlegs hidden, I was un.. [that's no excuse! - I should have noticed the thickness of that front femur!]
In Clausen's revision of the genus, two species are recorded from West Virginia, and the dark front tarsi suggest that this is
O.anatolikos. This should be regarded as a provisional det., since other species might well occur there and many are difficult to separate without recourse to genitalia studies.