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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Pollen Beetles (Meligethinae) » Fabogethes » Black Pollen Beetle (Fabogethes nigrescens)
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small beetle - Fabogethes nigrescens
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

small beetle - Fabogethes nigrescens
Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
May 25, 2008
Size: 2mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 26 May, 2008 - 8:56pm
Last updated 1 May, 2009 - 9:27pm

Moved
Moved from Meligethes.
… v belov, 1 May, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Meligethes sp.
That look like it. Thanks for the help.
… tom murray, 27 May, 2008 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Antennal balls
remind me of Sphin*didae.
… Jim McClarin, 26 May, 2008 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a possibility
I think this was in some flowers, and appears to have pollen all over it.
… tom murray, 27 May, 2008 - 4:49am login or register to post comments

 
On the other hand
that skimpy vestiture doesn't look like the others we have from that group.
… Jim McClarin, 27 May, 2008 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

 
Nit?
With those antenna I would have said Nitidulidae, maybe Meligethes.
… Rick Buss, 27 May, 2008 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

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