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Rove Beetle ? - Conotelus
Copyright © 2005 Chris Wirth

Rove Beetle ? - Conotelus
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
August 4, 2005
Size: Under 1cm
Can anyone ID this? Sorry for the bad image
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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 12 August, 2005 - 9:24pm
Last updated 23 October, 2005 - 11:33am

Nitidulidae
It cetainly looks like a rove beetle from this angle with its short elytra and long abdomen. But it has the antennae of a nitidulid and that's what I think it is. What kind of flower was it on/in? If it was a tubular flower, then that would about cinch it for Nitidulidae since there are rove-like members of that family, genus Conotelus, that frequent such flowers. See:


After a little more Web research I'm confidant this is genus Conotelus. Moving to guide page.
… Jim McClarin, 23 October, 2005 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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