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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Chaetarthriinae » Chaetarthria
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Something tiny, near Hydrophilidae? - Chaetarthria
Copyright © 2010 Dennis Haines

Something tiny, near Hydrophilidae? - Chaetarthria
Kennedy Meadows, South Fork of the Kern River, Tulare County, California, USA
July 31, 1986
Size: 1.5 mm
This came to my UV light.

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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 13 April, 2010 - 4:53pm
Last updated 13 April, 2010 - 11:00pm

Moved
Moved from Cercyon.
… Tim Loh, 13 April, 2010 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Cercyon
something new for the guide...will check the keys for this one.
… Tim Loh, 13 April, 2010 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I collected it because I had
I collected it because I had never seen a hydrophilid this small before.
… Dennis Haines, 13 April, 2010 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Correction...
This is a Chaetarthria- I didn't notice this before, but note the very long hairs lining the posterior margin of the 1st abdominal sternum (in the ventral). The very convex body outline is also another give-away. Based on color and size, I suspect this is C. pallida but not sure what other species are found in CA. One of the missing Hydrophilid genera..Thanks!
… Tim Loh, 13 April, 2010 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

 
looks like...
C. pallida I collected in AZ.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 April, 2010 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

 
I did notice the fringe of lo
I did notice the fringe of long hairs along the posterior margin of the first segment while I was taking the pictures. Thanks for the identification.
… Dennis Haines, 13 April, 2010 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

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