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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Minute Tree-fungus Beetles (Ciidae) » Ciinae » Orophiini » Octotemnus » undescribed sp. adventitious to North America (Octotemnus undescribed sp. adventitious to North America)
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One of Richard's mandibular-horned minute fungus beetles - Octotemnus - male
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

One of Richard's mandibular-horned minute fungus beetles - Octotemnus - Male
Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
March 17, 2007
Size: about 2.3 mm minus horns
I noticed the tiny spurs or teeth on the middle tibia in this image, then saw that Richard had done a far superior job of recording them.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 April, 2007 - 2:05pm
Last updated 25 February, 2010 - 5:53pm

Moved
Moved from Octotemnus.
… Mike Quinn, 18 June, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Minute Tree-fungus Beetles.
… Richard Lareau, 7 April, 2007 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

They are on all tibia. And ac
They are on all tibia. And according to Arnett; this pointed them towards Octotemnus.
… Richard Lareau, 3 April, 2007 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

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