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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena masoni
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Beetle ? - Mordellistena masoni
Copyright © 2013 jeffpest

Beetle ? - Mordellistena masoni
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
July 26, 2013
Found inside outdoor candle in rainwater on the rear deck of a home
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Contributed by jeffpest on 26 July, 2013 - 7:34am
Last updated 17 February, 2018 - 9:36pm

M. masoni
Normally, I'd have to recommend frassing an image like this. But on this one you can actually make out the distinguishing characteristic - spots between the elytra bands, AND you can count the ridge on the hind tibia and tarsi. So here we have as near certain a determination as you can usually get in this family. Go figure.
… Tim Moyer, 2 August, 2013 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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