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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Histerini » Psiloscelis » Psiloscelis perpunctata
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Myrmecophilous hister beetle - Psiloscelis perpunctata - female
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Gruber

Myrmecophilous hister beetle - Psiloscelis perpunctata - Female
Wood County SWA, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
May 11, 2007
Size: 5-7mm

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 26 June, 2007 - 6:24pm
Last updated 7 August, 2008 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Jeff Gruber, 7 August, 2008 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Psiloscelis.
… Jeff Gruber, 6 August, 2008 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
why frass?
these look good to me
… Phillip Harpootlian, 6 August, 2008 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Ditto
Are you unsure of genus?
… Jim McClarin, 6 August, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Same...
species as this. I think the mounted specimen shows salient characters better. I can restore them if you'd like. I'm just trying to lighten my load on the system.
… Jeff Gruber, 6 August, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I vote
for putting them back - quality live shots are good too.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 7 August, 2008 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
Right!
Bugs are more than anatomy.
… Jim McClarin, 7 August, 2008 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 26 June, 2007 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

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