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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Vatesini » Coproporus » Coproporus pulchellus
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Crab-like Rove Beetle - Coproporus pulchellus
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Crab-like Rove Beetle - Coproporus pulchellus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 11, 2009
This little beetle got short-sheeted. Why and what's the reason for?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 August, 2009 - 7:24am
Last updated 20 October, 2012 - 5:40am

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… v belov, 4 January, 2011 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

Coproporus pulchellus
This is a dead ringer for C. pulchellus (Erichson 1839), a new species for the genus. The pale apices and the metallic sheen on the elytra are (apparently) dead giveaways...

Cheers,
zack
… Zack Falin, 4 January, 2011 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
cool -- thanks a lot, Zack
mind checking our ripiphorids... and other stuff? several items cry for your attention
… v belov, 4 January, 2011 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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