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Berosus pugnax
Photo#597052
Copyright © 2011
Brad Barnd
Berosus pugnax? -
Berosus pugnax
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Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
August 10, 2002
Size: 3.8 mm
This one appears to be B. pugnax, but is well below the published size of 5 to 6.5 mm (
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1
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) or 5 to 6 mm (
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Contributed by
Brad Barnd
on 23 November, 2011 - 6:26pm
Last updated 29 November, 2011 - 1:12am
Moved
The emargination is dead-on for pugnax..however size seems to be an issue here...
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Tim Loh
, 29 November, 2011 - 1:12am
thks Tim
Its dead-on for pugnax but the size had given me 2nd thoughts about it.
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Brad Barnd
, 29 November, 2011 - 1:44am
found another B. pugnax female
from same county that is larger, within the size range. Elytral pattern and other characters match this previous one, so it must just be a small B. pugnax
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Brad Barnd
, 15 September, 2012 - 7:21pm
5th abdominal sternite
Did you check the posterior emargination, whether or not it has a shallow median notch?
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Tim Loh
, 27 November, 2011 - 7:54pm
yes
It more or less matches Epler's illustration. I've added an image of it.
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Brad Barnd
, 27 November, 2011 - 8:31pm