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Gold Bar-J.2012.01 - Megasternum posticatum
Copyright © 2024 Jerry Wilson

Gold Bar-J.2012.01 - Megasternum posticatum
Gold Bar, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
April 22, 2012
Size: 1.7 mm
Collected by Gary Griswold. Glen Forester & I tried to key it unsuccessfully. Hope there is enough detail in the photos for an ID.

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Contributed by Jerry Wilson on 26 May, 2024 - 3:55pm
Last updated 26 May, 2024 - 5:56pm

Moved
Moved from Megasternini.
… Brad Barnd, 26 May, 2024 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

huge palps rule out the histerid option
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 26 May, 2024 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Megasternum posticatum?
… Brad Barnd, 26 May, 2024 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
quite likely Y, i'm just not in the mood for these...
still hungover after sorting out, like, several drawerfulls of cercyonoids last year
… v belov, 26 May, 2024 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
understandable :)
… Brad Barnd, 26 May, 2024 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

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