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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Malthininae » Malthodini » Malthodes » Malthodes fuliginosus
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Short-winged Beetle - Malthodes fuliginosus
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Short-winged Beetle - Malthodes fuliginosus
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
June 25, 2009
Size: 4.2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 June, 2009 - 9:47am
Last updated 10 March, 2023 - 11:49am

nice to know...
i so wish you had specimens of other Tom's cantharids and could give us some names...

Moved from Malthodes.
… v belov, 26 October, 2009 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
he could send the Rhagonycha to you for id? Not to me! Malthodes isn't so bad if you have a male with the bizarre genitalia.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 October, 2009 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

 
would be kinda cruel --
D&A key being the only resource i have :-/
… v belov, 26 October, 2009 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

Malthodes fuliginosus
it is.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 October, 2009 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

male Malthodes
they are numerous, poorly known, and few people ever see them, let alone photograph. theorethically, a good closeup of male mating gear [they proudly carry it unconcealed] might get him a sp. name -- save it for Don, UNH has at least 4 spp from NH
… v belov, 27 June, 2009 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
the male genitalia form about one-fourth the body length. No doubt easy to identify, when I get around to it.
… Donald S. Chandler, 2 July, 2009 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
It's saved
Hopefully Don can find time to look at it, this being his field collecting season.
… tom murray, 27 June, 2009 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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