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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Melanophthalma » subgenus Cortilena (Melanophthalma subgenus Cortilena) » Melanophthalma picta
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Latridiidae? - Melanophthalma picta
Copyright © 2012 natlily12

Latridiidae? - Melanophthalma picta
Newton County, Georgia, USA
March 10, 2011
Size: 1 mm
Wanting to verify my ID. Thanks:)
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Contributed by natlily12 on 21 May, 2012 - 2:43pm
Last updated 4 September, 2012 - 2:32pm

Moved
Moved from Melanophthalma picta.
… Charlene Wood, 4 September, 2012 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Charlene Wood, 4 September, 2012 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

looks like it!
Certainly appears to be Melanophthalma picta, with 2-segmented antennal club and a slight glimpse of the diagonal line on the pronotum, small size, dark crossbar color on elytra...
… Charlene Wood, 4 September, 2012 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 24 June, 2012 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Sure looks like it. A tip: if you are taking photos of "wet" specimens (in alcohol or some other medium), it may be better to photograph them dry. Certain structures (hairs etc...) and colors appear differently.
… Anthony Rodgers, 21 May, 2012 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Wonderful thanks for the tip!
Wonderful thanks for the tip!
… natlily12, 22 May, 2012 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

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