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Latridiidae? - Melanophthalma
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Latridiidae? - Melanophthalma
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
August 31, 2008
Size: 1.8mm

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 21 March, 2009 - 10:25pm
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 1:31pm

Moved
Moved from Corticariinae.
… Tim Moyer, 2 July, 2009 - 1:31pm

Melanophthalma sp
Oh, there are the coxal lines that I was looking for on the first abdominal sternite. This is in the genus Melanophthalma, but I've never seen one this dark before (I work with the Western Canadian fauna)...interesting!
… Charlene Wood, 30 June, 2009 - 5:32pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 22 March, 2009 - 8:30pm

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