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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Coelostomatini » Dactylosternum
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Beetle - Dactylosternum
Copyright © 2009 R. Berg

Beetle - Dactylosternum
Alameda County, California, USA
August 28, 2009
This ventral view shows the separation between head and thorax often visible when these beetles move. The other ventral view shows some body parts more clearly.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 28 August, 2009 - 11:39pm
Last updated 23 December, 2011 - 2:40pm

Moved
Moved from Sphaeridiinae.
… Tim Loh, 23 December, 2011 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
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