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Melanophthalma picta
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Copyright © 2013
tom murray
small beetle -
Melanophthalma picta
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 12, 2013
Size: 1.5mm
Found inside a tussock mound in a wetland.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 12 January, 2013 - 9:35pm
Melanophthalma picta (LeConte)
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.
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Brad Barnd
, 26 November, 2013 - 8:00pm
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Moved tentatively; must be it
sorry about the confusion
Moved from
Corticarina
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v belov
, 12 January, 2013 - 10:17pm
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Melanophthalma picta
This is a new species for me, so it's just as good.
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tom murray
, 12 January, 2013 - 10:31pm
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...and definitely one that must make its way into the 2nd ed. of the New England guide!
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v belov
, 12 January, 2013 - 10:34pm
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a more glamorous version of C. cavicollis?
Moved from
Beetles
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beautiful specimen!
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v belov
, 12 January, 2013 - 9:38pm
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Corticarina sp.
I thought it was a Latridiid, but I didn't see any that looked quite like this one.
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tom murray
, 12 January, 2013 - 9:44pm
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