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flood debris #15 - flea beetle - Chaetocnema minuta

flood debris #15 - flea beetle - Chaetocnema minuta
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
December 27, 2009
Size: 2.0mm
slightly metalic - the dorsum of this reminded me of some Tenebs, for some reason. I assume flea beetles is where to start, but can it be taken any further?

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Moved
Moved from Chaetocnema.

try the D&A key -- might well work...
Moved from Flea Beetles.

 
Thanks v
after looking at the D&A key (which opens with "the genus needs work"), I'm not feeling confident about a determination. But I'll try to re-image the head (head-on), as that seems to be the necessary part.

 
C. minuta
After another try (on a fresh day), I'm reasonably confident that this is C. minuta Melsheimer. Head punctate (small, indistinctly), elytral punctures distinct to apex, pronotum with distinct row of basal punctures, legs dark red/brown, first 4/5 antenna seg yellow/brown. Seems to match the MCZ type (better than C. pinguis LeC.).

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