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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Epuraeinae » Epuraea » Subgenus Epuraeanella (Epuraea Subgenus Epuraeanella) » Epuraea rufa
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nitidulid - Epuraea rufa - female
Copyright © 2015 Steve Scholnick

nitidulid - Epuraea rufa - Female
North Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
May 6, 2015
I think this nitidulid belongs in the genus Epuraea and might be E. rufa. Am I correct that the apparently curved middle tibia suggests that this is a male?
Confirmation or correction of the ID would be appreciated. TIA

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 10 May, 2015 - 3:27pm
Last updated 16 May, 2015 - 8:05pm

Genus is correct, and it is probably this species
Moved from ID Request. I can't judge the tibiae well enough to tell the sex. The male (in this species, but necessarily all Epuraea) has a "kink", described as being "sinuate within and thickened at tip". See as an example
… Brad Barnd, 10 May, 2015 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
It never fails that no matter how many photos I take of an insect, there's always something I didn't get a picture of. I have one more photo showing the tibiae but they don't look as extreme as the example you thumbed.
Thanks again for the help and for the explanation
… Steve Scholnick, 10 May, 2015 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

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