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![(Agdistis adactyla - BC ZSM Lep 77310) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FGMLF/BC_ZSM_Lep_77310%2B1435764784.jpg "(Agdistis adactyla - BC ZSM Lep 77310) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015)")
![(Agdistis americana - 06-BLLOC-1889) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LOCBC/06-BLLOC-1889%2B1154109520.jpg "(Agdistis americana - 06-BLLOC-1889) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Agdistis arenbergeri - 2011-36) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2688 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-36%2B1312679544.jpg "(Agdistis arenbergeri - 2011-36) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis auguabiesi - 2011-45) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2697 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-45%2B1312718522.jpg "(Agdistis auguabiesi - 2011-45) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis bennetii - BC ZSM Lep 64148) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FGMLA/BC_ZSM_Lep_64148%2B1346434520.jpg "(Agdistis bennetii - BC ZSM Lep 64148) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis bifurcatus - 1108PF) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2018) Per Falck Zoologisk Museum Copenhagen](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CILEP/1108PF%2B1662243130.JPG "(Agdistis bifurcatus - 1108PF) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2018)")
![(Agdistis cambriana - SQ_2022_005_008) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Timm Karisch Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/AIMEL/RSPB-AIM-2022-08-Agdistis_cambriana%2B1648004976.jpg "(Agdistis cambriana - SQ_2022_005_008) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis clara - 2011-67) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2719 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-67%2B1312721910.jpg "(Agdistis clara - 2011-67) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis criocephala - 2011-12) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2664 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-12%2B1312661520.jpg "(Agdistis criocephala - 2011-12) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis darwini - 2011-38) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2690 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-38%2B1312719420.jpg "(Agdistis darwini - 2011-38) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis dicksoni - 2011-18) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2670 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-18%2B1312678218.jpg "(Agdistis dicksoni - 2011-18) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis dimetra - 2011-19) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2671 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-19%2B1312678128.jpg "(Agdistis dimetra - 2011-19) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis eberti - 2011-75) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2727 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-75%2B1312723116.jpg "(Agdistis eberti - 2011-75) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis frankeniae - CBG-A10840-H03) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2023) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GMMIT/CBG-A10840-H03%2B1697903622.jpg "(Agdistis frankeniae - CBG-A10840-H03) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2023)")
![(Agdistis gibberipenis - 2011-09) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2661 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-09%2B1312660980.jpg "(Agdistis gibberipenis - 2011-09) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis glaseri - RMNH.INS.550242) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PLUME/RMNH.INS.550242_dor%2B1357333202.jpg "(Agdistis glaseri - RMNH.INS.550242) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Agdistis gornostaevi - 2011-44) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2696 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-44%2B1312718634.jpg "(Agdistis gornostaevi - 2011-44) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis heydeni - RMNH.INS.550236) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PLUME/RMNH.INS.550236_dor%2B1357333062.jpg "(Agdistis heydeni - RMNH.INS.550236) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Agdistis heydenii - BC-LPRCorse0710) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Rodolphe Rougerie Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LPRCL/P7040021%2B1574929575.jpeg "(Agdistis heydenii - BC-LPRCorse0710) {} [ ] Copyright (2019)")
![(Agdistis intermedia - TLMF Lep 24349) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEAST/TLMF_Lep_24349%2B1510603744.jpg "(Agdistis intermedia - TLMF Lep 24349) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Agdistis jansei - 2011-15) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2667 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-15%2B1312678570.jpg "(Agdistis jansei - 2011-15) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis karischi - 2011-59) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2711 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-59%2B1312721428.jpg "(Agdistis karischi - 2011-59) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis krooni - 2011-24) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2676 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-24%2B1312677402.jpg "(Agdistis krooni - 2011-24) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis kruegeri - 2011-22) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2674 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-22%2B1312677728.jpg "(Agdistis kruegeri - 2011-22) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis malitiosa - 2011-71) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2723 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-71%2B1312721556.jpg "(Agdistis malitiosa - 2011-71) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis malleana - 2011-58) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2710 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-58%2B1312720072.jpg "(Agdistis malleana - 2011-58) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis manicata - BGE_ZSM_LEP_0860) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2024) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BGSNL/BGE_ZSM_LEP_0860%2B1709000790.JPG "(Agdistis manicata - BGE_ZSM_LEP_0860) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2024)")
![(Agdistis melitensis - TLMF Lep 24328) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEAST/TLMF_Lep_24328%2B1510603742.jpg "(Agdistis melitensis - TLMF Lep 24328) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Agdistis meridionalis - UKLB41C04) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CGUKD/IMG_2867%2B1239102920.JPG "(Agdistis meridionalis - UKLB41C04) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Agdistis meyi - 2011-70) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2722 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-70%2B1312721650.jpg "(Agdistis meyi - 2011-70) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis mostovskii - 2011-40) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2692 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-40%2B1312719078.jpg "(Agdistis mostovskii - 2011-40) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis namibiana - 2011-54) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2706 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-54%2B1312720404.jpg "(Agdistis namibiana - 2011-54) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis nanodes - RMNH.INS.544163) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEUAE/RMNH_INS_544163_dor_a%2B1335463386.jpg "(Agdistis nanodes - RMNH.INS.544163) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Agdistis neglecta - RMNH.INS.550237) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PLUME/RMNH.INS.550237_dor%2B1357333084.jpg "(Agdistis neglecta - RMNH.INS.550237) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Agdistis nikolaii - 2011-48) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2700 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-48%2B1312719730.jpg "(Agdistis nikolaii - 2011-48) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis olei - RMNH.INS.544155) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEUAE/RMNH_INS_544155_dor_a%2B1335462976.jpg "(Agdistis olei - RMNH.INS.544155) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Agdistis paralia - BGE_ZSM_LEP_0861) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2024) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BGSNL/BGE_ZSM_LEP_0861%2B1709000790.JPG "(Agdistis paralia - BGE_ZSM_LEP_0861) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2024)")
![(Agdistis prisoner - 2011-50) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2702 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-50%2B1312721164.jpg "(Agdistis prisoner - 2011-50) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis pseudocanariensis - RMNH.INS.550233) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PLUME/RMNH.INS.550233_dor%2B1357332978.jpg "(Agdistis pseudocanariensis - RMNH.INS.550233) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Agdistis quagga - 2011-62) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2714 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-62%2B1312722270.jpg "(Agdistis quagga - 2011-62) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis qurayyahiensis - RMNH.INS.544164) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEUAE/RMNH_INS_544164_dor_a%2B1335463434.jpg "(Agdistis qurayyahiensis - RMNH.INS.544164) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Agdistis salsolae - BGE_ZSM_LEP_0864) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2024) SNSB, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns ZSM (SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BGSNL/BGE_ZSM_LEP_0864%2B1709000792.JPG "(Agdistis salsolae - BGE_ZSM_LEP_0864) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2024)")
![(Agdistis satanas - TLMF Lep 22453) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEASS/TLMF_Lep_22453%2B1490807860.jpg "(Agdistis satanas - TLMF Lep 22453) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Agdistis sp - 2011-31) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2683 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-31%2B1312680056.jpg "(Agdistis sp - 2011-31) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis sp. KN1211 - KN01211) @11 [ ] by-nc (2021) Kari Nupponen Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEFIJ/KN01211%2B1623702378.JPG "(Agdistis sp. KN1211 - KN01211) {} [ ] by-nc (2021)")
![(Agdistis sp. KN1212 - KN01212) @11 [ ] by-nc (2021) Kari Nupponen Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEFIJ/KN01212%2B1623702380.JPG "(Agdistis sp. KN1212 - KN01212) {} [ ] by-nc (2021)")
![(Agdistis sp. MM-2015 - TLMF Lep 30002) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2020) Peter Huemer Tiroler Landesmuseum](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEASW/TLMF_Lep_30002%2B1605025970.jpg "(Agdistis sp. MM-2015 - TLMF Lep 30002) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2020)")
![(Agdistis streltzovi - 2011-52) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2704 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-52%2B1312720570.jpg "(Agdistis streltzovi - 2011-52) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis tamaricis - RMNH.INS.544154) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEUAE/RMNH_INS_544154_dor%2B1335462954.jpg "(Agdistis tamaricis - RMNH.INS.544154) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Agdistis tenera - RMNH.INS.544158) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Unspecified Naturalis, Biodiversity Centre](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LEUAE/RMNH_INS_544158_dor_a%2B1335463132.jpg "(Agdistis tenera - RMNH.INS.544158) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Agdistis toliarensis - 2011-28) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2680 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-28%2B1312680386.jpg "(Agdistis toliarensis - 2011-28) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis tsumkwe - 2011-33) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2685 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-33%2B1312679884.jpg "(Agdistis tsumkwe - 2011-33) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis varii - 2011-25) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2677 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-25%2B1312680618.jpg "(Agdistis varii - 2011-25) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Agdistis violaceus - 2011-41) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved 2011.2693 Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PBLEA/2011-41%2B1312718996.JPG "(Agdistis violaceus - 2011-41) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
