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Sphaeroderus? - Scaphinotus punctatus
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Sphaeroderus? - Scaphinotus punctatus
Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 28, 2007
Size: about 14 mm

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 February, 2008 - 8:46pm
Last updated 1 April, 2009 - 6:31am

Moved
Moved from Scaphinotus.
… Jim McClarin, 1 April, 2009 - 6:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cychrini.
… Jim McClarin, 14 February, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scaphinotus.
… Jim McClarin, 13 February, 2008 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Scaphinotus
At the base of the deep emargination of the labium I see at least three setae which favors Scaphinotus (four setae expected there) while in closely-related Sphaeroderus only two such setae occur there.
… Peter Messer, 14 February, 2008 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent!
It looked to me like the posteriorly narrowed pronotum favored Scaphinotus as well.
… Jim McClarin, 14 February, 2008 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Small Snail Eating Beetles.
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