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Is this Platysoma? - Platysoma gracile
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Is this Platysoma? - Platysoma gracile
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 21, 2006
Size: about 3.3 mm
Found under semi-loose bark of standing dead oak trunk. I thought it was dead, but stuck it in my collecting container anyway, along with assorted underbark larvae. Later I checked it out with my loupe and was elated to see legs waving at me.

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Is this Platysoma? - Platysoma gracile Is this Platysoma? - Platysoma gracile Is this Platysoma? - Platysoma gracile
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 21 May, 2006 - 8:22pm
Last updated 4 January, 2008 - 1:57pm

Moved
Moved from Platysoma.
… Brad Barnd, 4 January, 2008 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

Histeridae: Platysoma gracile
Best fits Platysoma gracile by size and other characters. Cylistix is a synonym for the cylindrical Platysoma.
… Donald S. Chandler, 29 May, 2006 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Don.
I'll move to guide page.
… Jim McClarin, 29 May, 2006 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Histeridae: Platysoma possibly
I think Cylistix is a synonym. Platysoma looks close, but I don't know for sure.
… Donald S. Chandler, 22 May, 2006 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I've got more pix to post,
maybe tomorrow.
… Jim McClarin, 22 May, 2006 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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