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Acritus exiguus
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Copyright © 2007
tom murray
tiny Histerid -
Acritus exiguus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 11, 2007
Size: .8mm
Found a couple dozen under bark.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 11 November, 2007 - 7:40pm
Last updated 21 February, 2008 - 3:32pm
Moved
Moved from
Acritus
.
…
tom murray
, 21 February, 2008 - 3:32pm
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Acritus exiguus
As Jeff suspected.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 21 February, 2008 - 11:18am
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Reference?
Hi Don,
Did you use Bousquet and Laplante's treatment of the
Histeridae of Canada
? In it, they describe a new species of
Acritus
that may be confused with
A. exiguus
. Just wanted to make sure you are aware of this fantastic work. I highly recommend it!
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Jeff Gruber
, 21 February, 2008 - 11:45am
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Jeff: I
have it. It was the very first paper on Histerids where I felt like I could actually come up with a name I was certain of -the older keys drove me away from the group.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 21 February, 2008 - 8:43pm
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Moved
Moved from
Clown Beetles
.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 28 December, 2007 - 3:37pm
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Probably...
Acritus exiguus. Would need to have the beetle in hand to say for sure though.
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Jeff Gruber
, 11 November, 2007 - 8:52pm
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Jeff,
would you want me to send one of these to you? I collected 3 or 4 of them.
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tom murray
, 12 November, 2007 - 6:32pm
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