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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Unidentified immatures
Photo#1593128
Something that looks prehistoric
Copyright © 2018 Joseph tan

Something that looks prehistoric
Somewhere , Montana, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: 0.6mm
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Contributed by Joseph tan on 19 September, 2018 - 6:46am
Last updated 12 June, 2022 - 5:39pm

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… Even Dankowicz, 12 June, 2022 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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… Bruce Tilden, 18 January, 2021 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

are we sure this is a beetle?
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… Blaine Mathison, 24 November, 2019 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Are there any other groups we
Are there any other groups we can't rule out? Segmentation suggests an insect larva.
… Even Dankowicz, 18 January, 2021 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
assuming that this isn't
a trilobite fossil...


but the guide doesn't have any records of this family in that part of the country
… Steve Scholnick, 18 January, 2021 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
There are also others: some coccinellidae, some Chrysomelidae
I would have imagined Psephenidae occur in Montana.
… Even Dankowicz, 18 January, 2021 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I would have too
but I can't come up with any records outside of the guide as well. What would be the terminal segment of a trilobite's pygidium is also the wrong shape for any psephenid larva I can find. Too bad the person who posted it hasn't included an email address on his profile page
… Steve Scholnick, 18 January, 2021 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

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