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orange-red pronotum, serrate antennae - Ditemnus bidentatus
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

orange-red pronotum, serrate antennae - Ditemnus bidentatus
Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
August 15, 2003
Size: 4 mm approx.
I don't even know which family it belongs in.

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orange-red pronotum, serrate antennae - Ditemnus bidentatus orange-red pronotum, serrate antennae - Ditemnus bidentatus
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 November, 2005 - 3:04pm
Last updated 20 November, 2005 - 7:40pm

Cantharidae: Ditemnus bidentatus
Ditemnus bidentatus is the only species of this genus I have seen in New Hampshire, and it is reasonably common. The twisted teeth on the lateral margins of the pronotum are the critical features for this genus in the New England fauna.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 November, 2005 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
So the terrible underside image helped afterall!
Thank you Don.
… Jim McClarin, 20 November, 2005 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Certainly looks different
in this view!
… john and jane balaban, 20 November, 2005 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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