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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 » Corticaria » Corticaria pubescens
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Latridiidae - Corticaria pubescens
Copyright © 2014 Derek Uhey

Latridiidae - Corticaria pubescens
Big Gypsum Valley, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
June 15, 2013

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 7 July, 2014 - 2:11pm
Last updated 15 July, 2014 - 2:25pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles.
… Charlene Wood, 15 July, 2014 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

likely, Corticaria pubescens
Hi Derek,
This is a Corticaria sp. Based on the 5 visible sternites and pronotum shape.
Although the photos are dark, I have viewed brighter renditions on my machine. I'm willing to go out on a limb and call this Corticaria pubescens, tentatively.

This is very likely Corticaria pubescens, based foremost on the pubescence, which is long and conspicuous, not recumbent... very much like the specimens I've seen of that species. The pronotum to elytral width and the long antennae (no segments transverse, reaching hind angles of pronotum) is consistent with the species description by Fall (1899). C. pubescens is known to have very close mesocoxae (not > 1/3 the coxal width). Hard to view the mesocoxae from your mount, though it looks possible.

From the view of the protarsomeres in these photos (not dilated), I think this is a female, thus not helpful for examination of the genitalia.
… Charlene Wood, 15 July, 2014 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome
Thanks Charlene! Really appreciate the help. I'll try for better pictures of the mesocoxae and some better lighted ones. I wish I had mounted this one better, perhaps I'll try for some others.
… Derek Uhey, 15 July, 2014 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

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