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Tetratomid - Eustrophus tomentosus
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Tetratomid - Eustrophus tomentosus
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
March 9, 2007
Size: 5 mm
Ventral view. Procoxae not separated and prosternum punctate.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 21 March, 2007 - 12:17am
Last updated 30 March, 2007 - 9:23am

Moved
Moved from Polypore Fungus Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 30 March, 2007 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Huh?
The front coxae look plenty separated to me; and 'where' is the prosternum? I have some college training in entomology, and I'm 'still' not sure what you are talking about. Plenty of other folks here have no familiarity with insect anatomy at all. Can you please clarify your terminology? Thank you.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 March, 2007 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, I should have said tha
Sorry, I should have said that the prosternum narrows to a point and is not expanded behind the front coxae (where the front legs attach to the body).
The prosternum is the bottom part of the thorax (here the almost triangular piece in front of the front legs and basically the rest of the bottom of the thorax as well). The puncturedness of this as well as the widely separated eyes distinguish this genus.
I included these comments so that someone else could figure out how I determined what this is. Sorry if it was too much.
… Brad Barnd, 21 March, 2007 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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