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Small blue beetle - Pterocolus ovatus

Small blue beetle - Pterocolus ovatus
Connecticut, USA
July 1, 2020
Size: <5mm
I found this small blue beetle in a Lindgren funnel trap sample. Likely from a mixed (white or pitch) pine-hardwood forest. I don't have much site info, unfortunately. Out of hundreds of trap samples, this is the only specimen I have of this taxa.

Moved & edited for the guide
Moved from ID Request.

location data missing, pls fill in

 
will do
I am waiting for more site info--I am IDing samples that I did not collect so I only have a site code, but I know they are from CT.

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