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tiny Rove: Scaphidiinae?
Copyright © 2007 Tim R. Moyer

tiny Rove: Scaphidiinae?
Medford, (~15 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
January 14, 2007
Size: ~2.2mm
found jumping around a pitfall trap on a +50deg day.

possibly similar to a recent post by Tom Murray?
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Contributed by Tim R. Moyer on 14 January, 2007 - 8:40pm
Last updated 19 January, 2007 - 11:47pm

Looks compressed laterally,
Toxodium possibly. Arnett states "Body strongly compressed laterally, metacoxae seperated narrowly, by less than width of meta femur." Looks like the spp of Baeocera in my collection(6spp) but higher than wide, unlike Baeo....
… Richard Lareau, 23 March, 2007 - 4:58am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I just "found" this guy again yesterday, so I'll have to try the keys in the area of Toxodium.

Thanks,
Tim
… Tim R. Moyer, 23 March, 2007 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… Tim R. Moyer, 19 January, 2007 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

yes!
:-)
… Boris Büche, 15 January, 2007 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

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