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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Hooded Beetles (Corylophidae) » Microstagetus
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Microstagetus
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Microstagetus
Sabal Palm Sanctuary, se. Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
June 6, 2009
From Andrew Cline: "This could be Microstagetus"

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 June, 2009 - 11:37pm
Last updated 22 July, 2022 - 9:58pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Hooded Beetles.
… v belov, 24 July, 2010 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Pers. comm. from Ed Riley, 2010...
I have not received a positive ID on this beetle from anyone yet, although Andy Cline suggested it may be Microstagetus. I’ve sent gift material to him and to Mike Thomas.

It is very common at one site near Brownsville –the Sabal Palm Grove. It is associated with dead palm fronds and can be found just about everywhere you can find a dead Sabal frond. This species is certainly not “native” to the area. I say this because it is so abundant now, it would have been impossible for the turn-of-the-century Brownsville collectors (Schaeffer, Barber, etc.) to have missed it. The earliest record I have seen for it is 1994.
… Mike Quinn, 29 November, 2010 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

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