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Melyrid?
Copyright © 2013 roar

Melyrid?
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 9, 2013
Size: 5mm
This one is confusing me.
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Contributed by roar on 10 August, 2013 - 9:09am
Last updated 8 August, 2020 - 1:05pm

Moved
Moved from Silinae.
… v belov, 8 August, 2020 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Silis or Ditemnus...not sure which off-hand. Looks like a female so a genus level ID may be as far as it can go? Not sure.

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 August, 2013 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Ditemnus,
simply because the Silis antennae are wrong. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
… roar, 10 August, 2013 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

 
beetles sexually dimorphic with regards to antennae...
not sure how well that can be used for the genus level. I'll snoop around later if others don't get to it first.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 August, 2013 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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