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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Cybocephalidae » Cybocephalus » Cybocephalus nipponicus
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Beetle - Cybocephalus nipponicus
Copyright © 2016 Aaron Hunt

Beetle - Cybocephalus nipponicus
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
May 29, 2016
Landed on arm. Quite possibly the smallest beetle I've ever seen.

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 29 May, 2016 - 8:49pm
Last updated 8 June, 2017 - 10:02pm

Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Young, male
Moved from Cybocephalus. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Aaron.

Color pattern indicates male.
… Brad Barnd, 8 June, 2017 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Cybocephalus sp.
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 June, 2016 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

while waiting for the beetle experts
check Cybocephalus (I don't know if other genera are similar)
… Chris Mallory, 29 May, 2016 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
you got it right
… v belov, 24 June, 2016 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
I was also considering something in Clambidae
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… Blaine Mathison, 29 May, 2016 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I forgot about those
I they look the same to my eyes :)
… Aaron Hunt, 29 May, 2016 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I think you got it. There aren't many pictures of the family in the guide.
… Aaron Hunt, 29 May, 2016 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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