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Derolathrus cavernicolus
Photo#166349
Copyright © 2008
Michael C. Thomas
Derolathrus cavernicolus Peck (Jacobsoniidae) -
Derolathrus cavernicolus
Citrus County, Florida, USA
In old bat guano in cave.
Contributed by
Michael C. Thomas
on 22 January, 2008 - 4:13pm
Last updated 2 December, 2010 - 8:24am
Moved
Moved per Dr Thomas's info
here
from
Derolathrus
.
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v belov
, 2 December, 2010 - 8:23am
Two more down! Great pictures
Two more down! Great pictures!
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Dennis Haines
, 22 January, 2008 - 4:41pm
amazing!
I can't believe how many weird families you have in your collection. 4 more families left!
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 22 January, 2008 - 5:20pm
Thanks...
but the collection isn't actually mine, although I do feel rather possessive about it. The specimens are from the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville.
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Michael C. Thomas
, 23 January, 2008 - 9:22am
makes me wonder...
...how guys like that one after a long journey all over Coleoptera could end up --of all places-- among elateroids... sssssso counter-intuitive :-]
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v belov
, 11 September, 2008 - 11:41am
Jacobsoniidae placement
And now several recent morphological and molecular studies put them into or as sister of Staphylinoidea! They'll be treated there in the forthcoming (in a couple years) Beetles of Canada and the US, successor to the now 20-year-old
American Beetles
.
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Margaret Thayer
, 22 July, 2022 - 6:36pm