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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles (Salpingidae) » Salpinginae » Sphaeriestes » Sphaeriestes virescens
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unknown beetle - Sphaeriestes virescens
Copyright © 2014 Guy A. Hanley

unknown beetle - Sphaeriestes virescens
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
July 21, 2014
Size: 3mm
Know I have seen this little guy before, but this is the first I have collected and can't place it.....Ok V, do your stuff!
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Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 26 August, 2014 - 2:41pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Sphaeriestes.
… v belov, 26 August, 2014 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by D.A. Pollock
his comment: "damn it, in ND, eh? I lived in MB for most of my life and never have collected this little bugger!!"
… v belov, 26 August, 2014 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

sorry i missed it, was busy messing with the ants
[updating the classif. per the latest fad]

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 26 August, 2014 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
good god
I had this species imaged a while ago, Thought that other image here looked familiar! at least its a new county record and very few specimens imaged here anyways....I gotta pay more attention!
… Guy A. Hanley, 26 August, 2014 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah, very cool and elusive bugs they are
keep your nice stuff coming, man -- bugs like the one here is what makes my days on BG
… v belov, 26 August, 2014 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

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