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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Cantharini » Rhagonycha
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Solder Beetle - Rhagonycha
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Solder Beetle - Rhagonycha
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 11, 2021
Something in Rhagonycha perhaps?
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Contributed by Tony DeSantis on 1 January, 2022 - 8:23pm
Last updated 2 January, 2022 - 12:40pm

So it is Cantharidae...
So it is Cantharidae...
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 2 January, 2022 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 2 January, 2022 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Elytra
Is it just me, or does it look like the elytra are rolled over the abdomen? If they are, it isn't a cantharid (I don't think, but I'm probably wrong). It may be an oedemerid? The only reason I am proposing that it is not a cantharid is b/c I have heard that the elytra are never rolled over the abdomen.
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 2 January, 2022 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
If you have any other angles,
If you have any other angles, I could see clearer if they are or not...
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 2 January, 2022 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately I didn't get an
Unfortunately I didn't get any angles. Interesting to know about the elytra.
… Tony DeSantis, 2 January, 2022 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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