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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Riffle Beetles (Elmidae) » Elminae » Elmini » Stenelmis
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Elmidae - Stenelmis
Copyright © 2017 Joshua Doby

Elmidae - Stenelmis
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
April 12, 2017
Size: 4mm

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Contributed by Joshua Doby on 12 April, 2017 - 11:45pm
Last updated 13 April, 2017 - 12:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brady Richards, 13 April, 2017 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
What characters would you need to see to get it to species?
… Joshua Doby, 13 April, 2017 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Dorsal photo
Of a dry specimen would help. The last photo in your series is the best angle. Many Stenelmis require examination of the aedeagus (male naughty bits) for a species ID. Having said that, I'm pretty sure your specimen is S. crenata.
… Brady Richards, 13 April, 2017 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
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I'll get some better dorsal shots and occasionally when I put beetle specimens in alcohol the genitalia comes out, so I'll give that a try.
… Joshua Doby, 13 April, 2017 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
more often than not...
alcohol results in the genitalia coming out... :-P
… Blaine Mathison, 14 April, 2017 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

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