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Small Beetle - Oxycopis thoracica
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Small Beetle - Oxycopis thoracica
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
June 6, 2006
Size: 7mm
Contributed by Sean McCann on 6 June, 2006 - 1:10pm
Last updated 6 June, 2009 - 9:36pm

Oxycopis thoracica (Fabricius 1801)
ID backed by Matthew L. Gimmel of Louisiana State Arthropod Museum: "I like Oxycopis thoracica for this one. It's certainly a distinctive species abundantly represented in our collection"

Moved from False Blister Beetles.
… v belov, 6 June, 2009 - 9:36pm

Oedemeridae.
One of the false blister beetles in the Oedemeridae. I haven't figured out how to tell the similar genera apart, sorry.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2006 - 3:57pm

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