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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Corticaria » Corticaria rubripes
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Corticaria rubripes - male
Copyright © 2009 Charlene Wood

Corticaria rubripes - Male
~90 km NW of Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Size: 1.8 mm
I collected this beetle from a log of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) wood in August 2008. Worked on the identification and sent digital photos to Wolfgang Rucker who graciously aided me in the determination to Corticaria rubripes. The beetle is a little beaten up in these photos due to my dissection :-}

This species is quite elongate, smooth, often dark black tinged with red-brown. Size ranges from 1.8-2.0 mm. Pubescence of elytra is short. Thorax & head are quite punctate.

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Contributed by Charlene Wood on 23 June, 2009 - 6:27pm
Last updated 5 October, 2010 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from Corticaria.
… v belov, 23 June, 2009 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

thanks a lot, Charlene --
this would be just the third species name for this genus! please take a look at other corticariines, maybe you'll manage to add some IDs to sort them out at least to genera. The group cries for attention...
… v belov, 23 June, 2009 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
yes!
it's a fun (challenging) group, and I'll try to work on the existing corticariines, but I have found it difficult to ID from photos and with outdated keys :-}
… Charlene Wood, 24 June, 2009 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

 
agree on all counts
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… v belov, 24 June, 2009 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

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