coastal shieldback
Agloathorax costalis
Top row, A. costalis male and female habitus:
A) Male paratype, Ventura County, California
B) female paratype, Ventura County, California.
A) Male paratype, Ventura County, California
B) female paratype, Ventura County, California.
Bottom row, variation in A. costalis including previously recognized subspecies synonymized in Cole et al. (2025):
C) Male curtatus topotype, Los Angeles County, California;
D) female curtatus, Los Angeles County, California;
E) male tectinota paratopotype, Los Angeles County, California;
F) female tectinota paratopotype, Los Angeles County, California.
C) Male curtatus topotype, Los Angeles County, California;
D) female curtatus, Los Angeles County, California;
E) male tectinota paratopotype, Los Angeles County, California;
F) female tectinota paratopotype, Los Angeles County, California.