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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylinae) » Megalodacne » Megalodacne fasciata
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Megalodacne fasciata
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Megalodacne fasciata
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
October 5, 2007
Size: 12mm
A ventral view--this might be of interest in comparing this family with the somewhat similar Nitulididae:

So I guess Erotylidae does not have the prosternum with a process produced between the front coxae, as do members of the Nitulididae (thumbnail above).

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Contributed by Cotinis on 11 March, 2008 - 12:21pm

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