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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles (Scirtoidea) » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Scirtes
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Flea Marsh Beetles - Scirtes sp - Scirtes
Copyright © 2009 Bruce Getty

Flea Marsh Beetles - Scirtes sp - Scirtes
Middleburg, Clay County, Florida, USA
June 5, 2009
Size: 2.8mm avg
A second set of Flea Marsh Beetles, slightly darker than the previous set. When collected
under the door light, they were even darker than the others and also lack the distinct
3 dark transverse elytral bands.
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Contributed by Bruce Getty on 11 June, 2009 - 1:41pm
Last updated 13 June, 2009 - 9:30pm

If really 2.8 mm
I wonder about Scirtes tibialis
… Skip Blanchard, 11 June, 2009 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Scirtes
Skip: Scirtes for sure, with the subquadrate plate at the hind margin
of metacoxae. Of the 4 species in Fl, I can rule out S. orbiculatus,
and I found a comparative photo of S. ovalis on Fl. Association of Benthologists
Web site, but nothing on S. piceolus. For some reason, I cannot get
access to Harvard MCZ database. So, even though S. tibialis looks
like the best bet, I would feel comfortable w/Genus only on this one.
There is a key to species by Tetrault (1967), but I can't find that
either. Thanks for looking at them.
… Bruce Getty, 13 June, 2009 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Scirtes
That would make more sense, as last night I collected 4 Ora texana's
that averaged 5.1mm, with all the black bands, white anterior elytra
markings, etc. They were almost double the size of these little guys.
I will post the new ones tonight or tomorrow. Thank you.
… Bruce Getty, 12 June, 2009 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

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