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beetle? - Blapstinus fortis
Copyright © 2018 dcslaugh

beetle? - Blapstinus fortis
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
April 5, 2018
5:38PM. Best guesses appreciated!

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beetle? - Blapstinus fortis beetle? - Blapstinus fortis beetle? - Blapstinus fortis beetle? - Blapstinus fortis
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Contributed by dcslaugh on 5 May, 2018 - 10:13pm
Last updated 6 November, 2020 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from Alaetrinus minimus.
… I Fox, 6 November, 2020 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Not Alaetrinus
This is Blapstinus fortis. The divided eyes place this in Blapstinus, the heavily punctured pronotum, pronotum shape, and apparent large size (for a Blapstinus). Indicate that this is B. fortis.
see B. fortis: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/teneb/b_fortis.htm
and A. minimus: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/teneb/o_minimus.htm
… I Fox, 5 November, 2020 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively...
Moved from Beetles.
… Hisserdude, 2 June, 2018 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

Alaetrinus or Blapstinus
A dorsal shot could help
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… Blaine Mathison, 6 May, 2018 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

 
thinking, Alaetrinus minimus
… Blaine Mathison, 7 May, 2018 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for your input!
Thank you for your input!
… dcslaugh, 7 May, 2018 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

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