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Photo#141702
Copyright © 2007
Jim McClarin
Tiny water beetle -
Liodessus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 24, 2007
Size: est.. 2 mm
Came to MV lights on warm, humid night.
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 31 August, 2007 - 8:33pm
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 7:09pm
Moved
Moved from
Liodessus
.
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Tim Loh
, 28 June, 2009 - 7:09pm
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Moved
Moved from
Uvarus
.
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Jim McClarin
, 23 January, 2009 - 4:07am
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Actually Liodessus...
The transverse occipital groove on the head just behind the eyes separates this genus from Uvarus..From the species keys this appears to be either L. affinis or L. noviaffinis, which are basically identical in terms of colouration (members of each species are also variable in colour and patterning) and can only be reliably separated via examination of male genitalia...and I just can't imagine how you do that to a tiny bug like this (other than microdissection)...
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Tim Loh
, 23 January, 2009 - 2:01am
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Don't see a groove
but I don't know what to look for. I see what might be called a transverse pronotal band, the light-colored crosswise broken stripe behind the eyes. Anyway, I will gladly accept the new ID as I figure you *do* know what you're looking at :-) Thanks, Tim.
BTW, I've added another image of this beetle.
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Jim McClarin
, 23 January, 2009 - 4:05am
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Moved
Moved from
Predacious Diving Beetles
.
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Jim McClarin
, 19 September, 2008 - 5:32pm
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my best shot at this is Uvarus
can't be sure for the lack of detail, sorry :-[
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v belov
, 19 September, 2008 - 4:21pm
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I'll take it.
With my equipment detail is hard to get in a 2mm water beetle.
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Jim McClarin
, 19 September, 2008 - 5:31pm
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