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Cremastocheilus? 6.17.09 01 - Cremastocheilus crinitus

Cremastocheilus? 6.17.09 01 - Cremastocheilus crinitus
Mt. Elizabeth, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 17, 2009
A possible ant brood beetle which landed next to me on the shale talus in the morning.

Moved
Moved from Cremastocheilus.

determination
This is Cremastocheilus "crinitus LeConte," a taxon that will be lumped as a subspecies under another name in the revision.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Thanks Eric
According to "Coleoptera families of British Columbia" (Scudder & Cannings 2005) only two species occur in the Province: C. armatus and C. crinitus. Hopefully that will be help in identifying this specimens further.

Yes.
Good call on the ID, and a nice find!

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