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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Megapenthes
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AZ19-0J08 - Megapenthes
Copyright © 2020 Jerry Wilson

AZ19-0J08 - Megapenthes
12 mi. SE Green Valley, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 11, 2019
Size: 8.0 mm
At U.V. light. Keyed in Arnette to #49, couldn't figure out the mesosternal fossa. Detail views can be deleted or frassed if not useful.

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Contributed by Jerry Wilson on 8 January, 2020 - 7:10pm
Last updated 16 January, 2020 - 12:51pm

Moved, Megapenthes sp.
A female in the longicornis-complex. Paul Johnson confirmed my hunch.

Moved from Click Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 16 January, 2020 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Megapenthes
Thanks for the extra work on this one !
… Jerry Wilson, 17 January, 2020 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
Also...
can you please delete frassed images? That way they don't get moved in the event this gets a species ID sometime
… Blaine Mathison, 16 January, 2020 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

I need to ponder more on this one...
initially thinking Megapenthes
… Blaine Mathison, 9 January, 2020 - 6:06am login or register to post comments

 
Details
Please let me know if more detailed photos are needed, recognizing that the quality may require frassing afterwards. The 5 MP USB camera in the trinocular port just doesn't offer crisp images at high magnification, but it's quick. A 10x objective in the DSLR StackShot rig is much better, but fussier to set up.
… Jerry Wilson, 9 January, 2020 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jerry Wilson, 8 January, 2020 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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