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Tiny Beetle - Petalium debile
Copyright © 2007 Perry Babin

Tiny Beetle - Petalium debile
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
Size: <2mm

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Contributed by Perry Babin on 7 May, 2007 - 2:21am
Last updated 8 May, 2007 - 10:52am

Moved
Moved from Petalium.
… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

have keyed it
with printed reference on genus page. In it, the species is given for NJ,FL,GA and TX, so might be new state record.
… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for taking the time to key this.
… Perry Babin, 8 May, 2007 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Perry Babin, 7 May, 2007 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

New genus for bugguide, compliments!
Anobiidae:Dorcatominae:Petalium.

The metasternum produced anteriourly into a broad lobe, covering mesocoxae, is diagnostic.
Yoer pictures are excellent, and I may later be able to fix it down to species.

Guide page already installed.
… Boris Büche, 7 May, 2007 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

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