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tiny beetle - Dienerella filum
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

tiny beetle - Dienerella filum
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 9, 2010
Size: 1.4mm
I was shucking some dried beans we picked this fall, and found over a dozen of these tiny beetles in the process.

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 January, 2010 - 1:51pm
Last updated 20 August, 2024 - 10:28am

best guess, Dienerella filum (Aubé), a cosmopolitan sp.
will ask Charlene to check

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 9 January, 2010 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
yes!
confirmed as D. filum.
Using the new key from Chris Majka et al 2009, filum is easily recognized from others in the genus by the 2 segmented antennal club and the oval impression on the anterior of it's pronotum.
… Charlene Wood, 11 January, 2010 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks much!
could you pls also check other unIDed pix on the genus page?
… v belov, 11 January, 2010 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

A Latridinine...
Hopefully someone else can bring the ID further.
… Tim Loh, 9 January, 2010 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

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