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Hydraenid - Ochthebius
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Hydraenid - Ochthebius
Salton Sea, Riverside County, California, USA
May 24, 2009
Size: 1.8mm
Found in moist sand under dead fish on shore of Salton Sea.

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 7 June, 2009 - 3:07pm
Last updated 10 June, 2009 - 10:23pm

cousins?
is it just me or do these look like little Helophorus relatives? - similar lines on the pronotum, similar pronotum shape, similar elytra punctation, etc.

btw, nice images!
… Tim R. Moyer, 7 June, 2009 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tim
They certainly do look similar. And not even the same superfamily. I gotta start hitting the books. For some reason I was under the impression that hydraenids were hydrophiloids.
… Jeff Gruber, 15 June, 2009 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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