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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lampyrini » Microphotus » Microphotus octarthrus
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Microphotus sp. - Microphotus octarthrus - male
Copyright © 2009 Rick Buss

Microphotus sp. - Microphotus octarthrus - Male
Lincoln Nat Forest, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
July 28, 2008
Size: 7.2 mm
This view shows the large eyes and the 8-segmented antenna. Also note the tiny light-colored projection on the tip of the last antennal segment. This feature is used in the American Beetles key.

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Microphotus sp. - Microphotus octarthrus - male Microphotus sp. - Microphotus octarthrus - male
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Contributed by Rick Buss on 26 January, 2009 - 1:51pm
Last updated 6 May, 2016 - 1:46pm

Moved
Moved from Microphotus.
… Mike Quinn, 6 May, 2016 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

My, what huge eyes you have, grandma!
;-)
… Jim McClarin, 26 January, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

 
alien!
Yes this one should be a model for a space invader. Green would consider this one to have small eyes because they only touch at one point rather than the large-eyed Microphotus along the whole side.
… Rick Buss, 26 January, 2009 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

 
My guess is that adult males do not eat.
Their mouth parts have to be atrophied in the extreme.
… Jim McClarin, 27 January, 2009 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

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