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Epuraea umbrosa
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Copyright © 2010
Robert Lord Zimlich
Sap-feeding Beetle -
Epuraea umbrosa
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Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 4, 2010
Size: tiny
Not sure there is enough info here, as it had all its extremities tucked in. Hmmm .. if only there were someone with a predilection for small, obscure beetles.
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 5 May, 2010 - 7:00pm
Last updated 21 June, 2016 - 12:22pm
Moved tentatively
can't... hold... on... any... longer...
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v belov
, 13 October, 2011 - 9:30pm
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Female
Would the buxom posterior possibly indicate a female?
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 14 October, 2011 - 7:22am
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no; this is definitely a male, i can see the postpygidium
--a small segment detached from the tip of the pygidium [specilaty of this genus]
compare
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v belov
, 14 October, 2011 - 7:54am
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may be a rather nice one; i'd rule out both rufa and corticina
very
straight dorsal view of the pronotum, with all 4 angles sharply in focus, would be enormously helpful
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v belov
, 5 May, 2010 - 7:49pm
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kinda similar to E. lengi and E. umbrosa ...
...but the elytral apices much more strikingly truncate
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v belov
, 19 October, 2010 - 1:43pm
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Yes
pronotum not quite right for rufa.
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Blaine Mathison
, 5 May, 2010 - 7:57pm
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Epuraea sp.
Probably E. rufa (Nitidulidae).
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Blaine Mathison
, 5 May, 2010 - 7:05pm
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