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Fair sized Histerid of sorts.. - Saprinus lugens
Copyright © 2017 Gary Griswold

Fair sized Histerid of sorts.. - Saprinus lugens
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
April 3, 2016
Size: ~ 7.5 mm
A. Knebei collector, found on Maple leaf. Org. from WSU Collection, believe this is a Histerid of sorts? Confirmation/correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 4 July, 2017 - 6:01pm
Last updated 17 August, 2023 - 4:01pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Saprininae.
… v belov, 17 August, 2023 - 4:01pm

 
Alexey Tishechkin agrees
… v belov, 17 August, 2023 - 6:28pm

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 4 July, 2017 - 6:04pm

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