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Small Hydrophilid... - Cryptopleurum
Copyright © 2017 Gary Griswold

Small Hydrophilid... - Cryptopleurum
2.5 miles E. Gold Bar, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
July 29, 2017
Size: ~ 1.8 mm
Came to UV light at night. Believe this Hydrophilid to be in the Cercyon genus? Confirmation/correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 5 August, 2017 - 3:54pm

Cryptopleurum minutum?
Would strongly suggest that this is C. minutum along with another one of mine (1). In Hatch's Beetles of the Pacific Northwest minutum is the only species described in the genus Cryptopleurum for our region. And the description matches these two specimens.
… Gary Griswold, 7 August, 2017 - 2:35pm

Moved
Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles.
… v belov, 5 August, 2017 - 3:57pm

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