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unknown beetle
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

unknown beetle
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 2, 2009
Size: 1- 2 mm
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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 11 May, 2009 - 12:38am
Last updated 11 May, 2009 - 8:42am

Melanophthalma
I'm going to edit my previous comment, as I am sure that this is in the genus Melanophthalma the pronotum shape really gives it away- the sides are angulate and there are diagonal impressions at the hind corners of the disk.
… Charlene Wood, 30 May, 2009 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

Latridiidae
A friend just helped me identify one of these about a week ago! The family is Latridiidae, and I suspect the subfamily is Corticariinae. Nice photography of something about the size of a head of a pin.
… Stephen Cresswell, 11 May, 2009 - 5:02am login or register to post comments

 
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