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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Flower Beetles (Scraptiidae) » Scraptiinae » Scraptiini » Canifa » Canifa pusilla
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beetle - Canifa pusilla
Copyright © 2011 Ilona L.

beetle - Canifa pusilla
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 23, 2011
Size: ~3mm - body
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 23 July, 2011 - 11:54pm
Last updated 24 July, 2011 - 12:39pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Scraptiinae.
… v belov, 24 July, 2011 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Canifa pusilla (Haldeman)?
Well, it looks like Canifa (although a better look at the maxillary palpi & from another angle would be useful). Within this genus, it "best fits" C. pusilla (Haldeman). I'm not very happy with the account of these species - "ripe" for a nice little study!
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 24 July, 2011 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks again, Dan
yes, the group is more than ripe for a revision...
… v belov, 24 July, 2011 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

not sure yet about genus... badly need to see more detail
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 24 July, 2011 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
only photo
I wish I had more photos of this one but no such luck. This was the only photo.
… Ilona L., 24 July, 2011 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

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