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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Gnathium
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Gnathium minimum? - Gnathium
Copyright © 2016 Salvador Vitanza

Gnathium minimum? - Gnathium
NM State Rte-9, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 30, 2016
Size: 5 mm
Collected by using a sweep net on flowering plants on the side of County Road A003 (NM State Rte-9), Anthony, NM 88021. Coordinates: 31.788962, -107.172924
I was puzzled by this beetle proboscis-like structure. A quick online search brought me to the publication Elongated mouthparts of nectar-feeding Meloidae by Wilhelmi, A.P. & Krenn where they discuss mouthparts of Nemognathini and state that "...in Nemognatha and Gnathium species, the elongated galeae enable nectar feeding."

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 30 August, 2016 - 10:25pm
Last updated 2 September, 2016 - 7:50am

Moved, Gnathium sp.
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 August, 2016 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

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