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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 serrata
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Beetle IMG_1997 - Corticaria serrata
Copyright © 2010 Steve Nanz

Beetle IMG_1997 - Corticaria serrata
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
January 9, 2010
Size: ~1.5mm
Found in my bathroom. I photographed a similar beetle in my basement a couple years back that was ID'd as a Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 9 January, 2010 - 10:26am
Last updated 11 January, 2010 - 12:51pm

thanks again guys -- looks good
Moved from Corticaria.
… v belov, 11 January, 2010 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 9 January, 2010 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Corticaria serrata, perhaps
I'm never 100% sure about using keys for this group with only external characteristics, but based on the coarsely toothed pronotal margin this comes out at Corticaria serrata (10-12 large teeth visible).

So far, I think it's safe to place this in serrata as I haven't come across any other in the genus with such obvious and large pronotal teeth along the entire margin.
… Charlene Wood, 11 January, 2010 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

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