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Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Histeridae
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
February 21, 2009
Size: 3mm
Cow dung
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 21 February, 2009 - 10:50pm
Last updated 16 March, 2010 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 16 March, 2010 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Saprininae...
is as far as I can go with this one. Definitely has a setose pronotal hypomeron and doesn't seem to have a distinct frontal stria. Most likely a Xerosaprinus, but there are a couple of other genera I cannot rule out. One day I will become more familiar with the western fauna.
… Jeff Gruber, 23 February, 2009 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, and I will take better photos
of these tiny ones.
… margarethe brummermann, 23 February, 2009 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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