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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Featherwinged Beetles (Ptiliidae) » Pteryx
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Ptiliidae? - Pteryx
Copyright © 2008 Ken Schneider

Ptiliidae? - Pteryx
Huddart County Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
November 9, 2008
Size: ~ 0.75 mm

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Ptiliidae? - Pteryx Ptiliidae? - Pteryx
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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 16 November, 2008 - 7:05pm
Last updated 29 June, 2009 - 12:33pm

Moved
Moved from Featherwinged Beetles.
… Ken Schneider, 29 June, 2009 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nephanes.
… Ken Schneider, 11 December, 2008 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Featherwinged Beetles.
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Ptiliid from California
This is not Nephanes as suggested on the photo.
… Gene Hall, 11 December, 2008 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yes - I was starting to figure that out (see other image comments), just based on the geography. I will move the images back to the family level... Are there particular views of the specimen that would help get a genus ID?
… Ken Schneider, 11 December, 2008 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

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