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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Aderini » Aderus » Aderus brunnipennis
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Tiny brown beetle - Aderus brunnipennis
Copyright © 2015 Timothy Reichard

Tiny brown beetle - Aderus brunnipennis
Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
May 6, 2015
Size: 3-4 mm
Came to exterior light at night.
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Contributed by Timothy Reichard on 7 May, 2015 - 10:48pm
Last updated 21 June, 2021 - 12:52pm

Moved
Moved from Ant-like Leaf Beetles.
… v belov, 31 August, 2015 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

Aderus brunnipennis
it is.
… Donald S. Chandler, 31 August, 2015 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Probably refound, re-photographed
This beetle (re-)appeared two days later. It might be the same individual.
… Timothy Reichard, 8 May, 2015 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
different family
the two submissions are correctly placed as of now
… v belov, 10 May, 2015 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

Aderidae (tentatively)
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 7 May, 2015 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Aderus?
… v belov, 8 May, 2015 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
View for ID?
Is there a particular view I can capture to help take the ID further toward the species level? This beetle has reappeared this evening.
… Timothy Reichard, 8 May, 2015 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
maybe a slightly more forward angle
as close to as possible
… Brad Barnd, 8 May, 2015 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

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