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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae) » Gyrininae » Gyrinus » subgenus Gyrinus (Gyrinus subgenus Gyrinus) » Gyrinus plicifer
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Gyrinus sp. - Gyrinus plicifer
Copyright © 2010 margarethe brummermann

Gyrinus sp. - Gyrinus plicifer
Harshaw , Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
June 27, 2010
Size: 6 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 29 June, 2010 - 4:18pm
Last updated 8 December, 2010 - 8:13am

Moved
Moved from Gyrinus.
… margarethe brummermann, 8 December, 2010 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

Probably G. plicifer (LeConte)
Based on the key by Oygur & Wolfe (1991). The aedeagus (mostly extruded here) is needle-like as it is narrowed abruptly in the apical 3rd (barely seen in this pic).
… Tim Loh, 8 December, 2010 - 3:20am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it's more clear on the specimen.
Thanks, Tim!
… margarethe brummermann, 8 December, 2010 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 29 June, 2010 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

species ID
unlikely; tough group w/o specimen in hand and genitilia.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 June, 2010 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

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