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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Emelinus » Emelinus melsheimeri
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Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Emelinus melsheimeri - male
Copyright © 2008 Mike Quinn

Emelinus melsheimeri (LeConte) - Emelinus melsheimeri - Male
Village of San Leanna (south Austin), Travis County, Texas, USA
August 2, 2008
Size: ~3.5 mm
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2008

at UV lights in a small mesic patch under a canopy of willow and live oak...
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 August, 2008 - 2:29pm
Last updated 17 November, 2021 - 11:59am

thanks for the treat!
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… v belov, 4 August, 2008 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Emelinus.
… Mike Quinn, 3 August, 2008 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Large-horned Bruchids.
… Mike Quinn, 3 August, 2008 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

aderid
This is actually an aderid. I'm guessing it's probably Emelinus. Perhaps my friend Nicolas or Don Chandler will be able to put a species name on it.

Nice find!
… Jeff Gruber, 3 August, 2008 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Far out!
This is a way cool bug! Very Megacerus-like save for the abdomen... Sure had me fooled! Yes, Emelinus, they are the only members of the fam with "flabellate" ant (1), though to me they look more pectinate. Thanks much! Mike
… Mike Quinn, 3 August, 2008 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

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