This photo, taken in the late summer of 2022, shows the thick understory now present at the type locality for H. rayi in Hale County, Alabama.

 
 
  Part of: MacGown JA, Hill JG (2023) A new species of Hypothyce (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) from Alabama, United States of America. ZooKeys 1168: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1168.104272