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Very small beetle on Douglas fir - Melanophthalma
Copyright © 2019 Libby & Rick Avis

Very small beetle on Douglas fir - Melanophthalma
Englishman River Estuary, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
February 21, 2019
Size: 1.5mm approx
Found among Douglas fir cones
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 22 February, 2019 - 1:33pm
Last updated 20 December, 2020 - 5:10pm

Moved
Moved from Corticariinae.
… Charlene Wood, 20 December, 2020 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Thanks, Blaine.
Have moved this to Corticariinae for now, but I think it may be Melanophthalma, subgenus Melanophthalma, based on the information page, specifically:
transverse depression on the pronotum;
three clubs rather than two on the end of the antennae;
longer pubescence.

It also looks similar to this photo of Scott’s which was taken in Lantzville, a few kilometres south of where we found ours:
… Libby & Rick Avis, 25 February, 2019 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

start in Latridiidae: Corticariinae
… Blaine Mathison, 22 February, 2019 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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