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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Sarabandus » Sarabandus robustus
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large Scirtid? - Sarabandus robustus
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

large Scirtid? - Sarabandus robustus
Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
June 6, 2007
Size: 6mm
It looks like a Scirtid, but it's much larger than any I've seen before.
I found it near a wetland.

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Contributed by tom murray on 7 June, 2007 - 7:05am
Last updated 7 June, 2007 - 7:46pm

Moved
Thanks Don, I'll save it for you.
… tom murray, 7 June, 2007 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

I think
more likely it is Sarabandus robustus. Common in some bogs here. Save for me please, and I will check it out.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 June, 2007 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Boris
It's hard to tell for sure with the specimen, but it looks close.
… tom murray, 7 June, 2007 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

maybe . . .
Dear Tom, it is a Scirtid, yes. Reminds me of European Microcara testacea, so might be your representative of the genus, M.explanata.
… Boris Büche, 7 June, 2007 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

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