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Guess which beetle family (Eucinetidae?) - Nycteus testaceus
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Guess which beetle family (Eucinetidae?) - Nycteus testaceus
Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 13, 2007
Size: about 3 mm
You can see the large plate-like metacoxae that (I suppose) give rise to the common name, Plate-thigh Beetles. I never knew the basis for the common name till seeing this feature. The hind femur withdraws into a space beneath the metacoxae as you can see.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 October, 2007 - 1:40am
Last updated 12 June, 2012 - 5:22pm

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