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Tiny brown beetle - Aderus brunnipennis

Tiny brown beetle - Aderus brunnipennis
Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
May 6, 2015
Size: 3-4 mm
Came to exterior light at night.

Moved

Aderus brunnipennis
it is.

Probably refound, re-photographed
This beetle (re-)appeared two days later. It might be the same individual.

 
different family
the two submissions are correctly placed as of now

Aderidae (tentatively)
Moved from Beetles.

 
Aderus?

 
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.

 
maybe a slightly more forward angle
as close to as possible

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