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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Melanophthalma » subgenus Melanophthalma (Melanophthalma subgenus Melanophthalma) » Melanophthalma inermis
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Latridiid - Melanophthalma inermis - male
Copyright © 2015 Marc DiGirolomo

Latridiid - Melanophthalma inermis - Male
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2014
Size: 1.5mm
Barrel emergence trap filled with maple firewood. Barrel filled on 4/15/14 and collection made 8/5/14 so it could have emerged any time within that window.

Specimen deposited in MFD private collection.

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Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 28 March, 2015 - 1:18pm
Last updated 30 August, 2022 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Melanophthalma.
… Marc DiGirolomo, 30 August, 2022 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melanophthalma.
… Charlene Wood, 16 May, 2015 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
And it's a male
You can tell from the modified protarsomere (hooked). You should moisten it and dissect if you have the setup!
… Charlene Wood, 16 May, 2015 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

 
better late than never
Finally got this one dissected and confirmed the species after 7 years!
… Marc DiGirolomo, 30 August, 2022 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
Great to have this documented. Thanks for posting and updating.
… Charlene Wood, 31 August, 2022 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 28 March, 2015 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

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