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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Contacyphon-group genera » Contacyphon » variabilis complex (Contacyphon variabilis complex)
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brown beetle - Contacyphon
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

brown beetle - Contacyphon
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 2, 2005
Size: ~5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 9 May, 2005 - 7:15pm
Last updated 23 October, 2009 - 1:02pm

Moved
Moved from Cyphon.
… v belov, 23 October, 2009 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Marsh Beetles.
… tom murray, 11 September, 2008 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Scirtidae
Tom-

This is a scirtid ("marsh") beetle, but I don't have enough details or material at hand to determine it to genus. My guess is Cyphon, but it's hard to say for sure. Several genera have greatly swollen hind femora, similar to the alticine chrysomelids- I'm guessing this does, but...

cheers,
… Zack Falin, 10 May, 2005 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
it is a Cyphon
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… v belov, 11 September, 2008 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
family ID
Thanks Zack, at least I have a family to put this in now.
… tom murray, 11 May, 2005 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

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