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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Cybocephalidae » Cybocephalus » Cybocephalus nigritulus
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Tiny Brown Beetle - Cybocephalus nigritulus
Copyright © 2010 Peter Cristofono

Tiny Brown Beetle - Cybocephalus nigritulus
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2010
Size: ~ 1.5 mm
Tiny brown beetle found on a hardwood tree. Sap-feeding Beetle?

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 26 August, 2010 - 12:50pm
Last updated 12 February, 2015 - 3:29pm

Moved
Moved from Cybocephalus.
… v belov, 12 February, 2015 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Interesting. Thanks Michael.

Moved from ID Request.
… Peter Cristofono, 26 August, 2010 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

Cybocephalus
sp.
… Michael C. Thomas, 26 August, 2010 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Cybocephalus
2 species of Cybocephalus evidently occur in Massachusetts: C. nigritulus and the introduced C.nipponicus, which was released to control Elongate Hemlock Scale.

Any way to tell them apart?

BTW: Cybocephalinae has been elevated to family status: Cybocephalidae (Smith and Cave 2006).
… Peter Cristofono, 27 August, 2010 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

maybe somthing in leiodidae?
maybe somthing in leiodidae?
… J. Anderson, 26 August, 2010 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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