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beetle - Platysoma
Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross

beetle - Platysoma
4 miles east of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 8, 2005
Histeridae?
Didn't measure it but my guess is approx. 5-10mm.
Resembles Platysoma at Cedar Creek here.
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 3 December, 2005 - 4:33pm
Last updated 4 August, 2006 - 8:40pm

How about 4mm?
That would make it Cylistix sp., an histerid.

Platysoma is not elongate enough to be your beetle.
… Jim McClarin, 3 December, 2005 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
4mm
Yes, it could easily have been 4mm. In this photo is was at the tip of a broken stem of a maple leaf I think, and that doesn't have a very large diameter.
… Joyce Gross, 3 December, 2005 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

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