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Ant-like Stone Beetle - Euconnus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Ant-like Stone Beetle - Euconnus
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 11, 2006
Size: 1.5mm
Is this tiny beetle in the Pselaphinae family, or something else totally different?

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Contributed by tom murray on 11 March, 2006 - 11:55pm
Last updated 13 March, 2006 - 8:21pm

I see the hair now!
Previously I thought my eyes were just having a hard time focusing :-)
… Jim McClarin, 13 March, 2006 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

Pselaphine
is what it looks like to me. Don Chandler is the expert on these, so he might give you a species name.
… Jim McClarin, 12 March, 2006 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

 
Scydmaenidae: Euconnus sp.
It is definitely a scydmaenid, I think genus Euconnus. The elytra reach the abdominal apex, and (though you can't see it) the tarsi are 5-5-5.
… Donald S. Chandler, 13 March, 2006 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jim
I'll wait for Don to comment before moving this one.
… tom murray, 12 March, 2006 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

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