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Dark Dermestidae on Peppertree flowers - Cryptorhopalum
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Dark Dermestidae on Peppertree flowers - Cryptorhopalum
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 24, 2009
Size: < 2 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 25 April, 2009 - 7:50pm
Last updated 26 April, 2009 - 9:54am

A. Herrmann writes:
Belongs to the genus Cryptorhopalum. Although it is a male it is not easy to identiffy it down to species level. I need to compare e.g. the dotting of the pronotum with that one of related species
… margarethe brummermann, 26 April, 2009 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

nice stuff you've got there --
-- pls keep'em, Andreas Hermann would really appreciate the specimens
… v belov, 25 April, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, we are allready e-mailing.
I'll keep them for him, but hopefully there is a way to ID them - I have sent him the links.
… margarethe brummermann, 25 April, 2009 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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