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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Minute Marsh-loving Beetles (Limnichidae) » Limnichinae » Limnichini » Limnichites » Limnichites punctatus
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Minute Marsh-loving Beetle - Limnichites punctatus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Minute Marsh-loving Beetle - Limnichites punctatus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 26, 2008
Size: 2mm
I found this one in the same place as one I found 3 years ago, in a damp section of the main trail going through the Oxbow NWR.

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Minute Marsh-loving Beetle - Limnichites punctatus Minute Marsh-loving Beetle - Limnichites punctatus
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 July, 2008 - 6:35pm
Last updated 11 December, 2008 - 3:19pm

Thanks Don
This is the first Limnichid identified to species. I'll have to find some different ones for you next year.
… tom murray, 11 December, 2008 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

Limnichites punctatus
A quick rainy day project. All of your photos are of this species - the pubescence just varies in distinctness a bit.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 December, 2008 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eulimnichus.
… tom murray, 10 November, 2008 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Limnichites
I think this is probably Limnichites. The eyes are definitely visible from above. In Eulimnichus, they are not visible from above (per key in American Beetles). Don could probably verify if you gave him the specimen.
… Jeff Gruber, 10 November, 2008 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

Keep
for me if you still have it - thanks.
… Donald S. Chandler, 27 July, 2008 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

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