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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Myxophaga » Minute Bog Beetles (Sphaeriusidae) » Sphaerius
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Specimen 3, dorso-lateral, wings spread - Sphaerius
Copyright © 2015 Edward L. Ruden

Specimen 3, dorso-lateral, wings spread - Sphaerius
Highland Lake, Blount County, Alabama, USA
December 26, 2014
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This specimen was spread and soaked in acetone for at least 24 hrs prior to drying for this image to minimize shriveling of the abdomen.

This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 350 images with a 2.7 µm step taken with a Mitutoyo BD Plan APO 20×/0.42 ∞/0 mm microscope objective + Nikon 135 mm F2.8 AIS telephoto lens + Nikon D810 camera (magnification 13.5×; technique described here).

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Specimen 1, dorsal - Sphaerius Specimen 1, lateral - Sphaerius Specimen 2, ventral - Sphaerius Specimen 2, ventral close - Sphaerius Specimen 3, dorso-lateral, wings spread - Sphaerius Specimen 3, dorsal folded left wing - Sphaerius Specimen 3, lateral close (left palp missing) - Sphaerius Specimen 3, anterior (left palp missing) - Sphaerius
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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 29 December, 2015 - 12:24pm
Last updated 30 December, 2015 - 12:18pm

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