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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Epuraeinae » Epuraea » incertae sedis (Epuraea incertae sedis) » Epuraea peltoides
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Nit puzzler - Epuraea peltoides
Copyright © 2008 Tim Moyer

Nit puzzler - Epuraea peltoides
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
May 11, 2007
Size: ~2-3mm -need to remeasure
I've been working through my backyard Nits and this one has me puzzled. Any assistance would be appreciated.

came to molasses bait

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 10 April, 2008 - 11:47am
Last updated 17 April, 2008 - 10:36am

Moved
Confirmed via key(1). Thanks Boris!

Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 17 April, 2008 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Reminds me . . .
of this one:
… Boris Büche, 14 April, 2008 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

 
think you got it
Thanks Boris, I think you got it! Give me a day or so to get it under a scope and confirm it keys to E.peltoides. The dorsal color pattern is a great match. I was initially confused, as Jim's beetle seems to have a least one big sterna expossed behind the elytra, yet mine seems completely covered. Perhaps mine just shrank in drying, but this might have also thrown off my attempts at keying.
… Tim Moyer, 14 April, 2008 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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