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hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale
Copyright © 2010 Joyce Gross

hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
March 7, 2010
Size: 5mm
From my compost pile. Lots of these were on a rotting pumpkin buried in the pile.

Ventral shot of a different individual here .

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hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 31 March, 2010 - 1:23pm
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 10:55pm

Moved
Moved from Dactylosternum.
… Joyce Gross, 2 April, 2010 - 10:55pm

maybe D. abdominale... could you check it against a ref.spcmn?
Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles.
… v belov, 31 March, 2010 - 1:56pm

 
confirmed
D. abdominale, using Smetana (1978).
… Blaine Mathison, 2 April, 2010 - 10:22pm

 
thanks both of you
I didn't see v's comment about checking reference specimens until now ... can still do it if that seems like a good idea.
… Joyce Gross, 2 April, 2010 - 10:57pm

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