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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Minute Clubbed Beetles (Monotomidae) » Rhizophagus » subgenus Rhizophagus (Rhizophagus subgenus Rhizophagus) » Rhizophagus remotus
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tiny beetle - Rhizophagus remotus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

tiny beetle - Rhizophagus remotus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 13, 2006
Size: 2.5mm
Found under dead hardwood bark.

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Contributed by tom murray on 13 April, 2006 - 11:16pm
Last updated 26 April, 2006 - 8:59pm

Monotomidae: Rhizophagus remotus
Fits very nicely here.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 April, 2006 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Monotomidae: Rhizophagus sp.
No, another Rhizophagus, and probably not sayi. Save it for me please.
… Donald S. Chandler, 14 April, 2006 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
Rhizophagus
It should have looked familiar, after finding a few sayi. This one's hitting the alchohol tonight too.
… tom murray, 14 April, 2006 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Maybe not.
The first beetle I thought of doesn't match. The fore-tarsi would need to be built for digging. Compare:

However, I vaguely recall reading about tiny members of this family that follow wood-boring larvae into their tunnels and prey on them. They wouldn't need digging tarsi.
… Jim McClarin, 14 April, 2006 - 5:46am login or register to post comments

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