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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Epimetopidae » Epimetopus
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Hydrophilid - Epimetopus
Copyright © 2010 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Hydrophilid - Epimetopus
Ozark - St. Francis National Forest, Marion County, Arkansas, USA
May 5, 2010
Size: ~1.8mm
Found in relatively dry sand under small piece of driftwood on sandy river bank.

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 11 May, 2010 - 5:51pm

E. thermarum reported from Latimer Co., OK
Karl Stephan reported 3 spmns from eastern OK(1)

Epimetopus thermarum Schwarz & Barber
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… Mike Quinn, 12 June, 2016 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you have access to the revision?
In 'Six New Neotropical Species of Aquatic Beetles in the Epimetopus costatus Complex (Hydrophilidae: Epimetopinae)' - Philip D. Perkins
The Coleopterists Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 3 (Sep., 1979), pp. 319-325, E. costatus was recorded from near Jasper, AR. Don't know how easy it is to tell the difference between the two as I don't have the revision.

Spot where I found it is about 60 mi E of Jasper.
… Jeff Gruber, 13 June, 2016 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I can send you the revision if you send me your email...
entomike@gmail.com
… Mike Quinn, 13 June, 2016 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

unbe@#$%livable
thanks, Jeff!
… v belov, 11 May, 2010 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice!
what a cool beetle!
… Tim Loh, 11 May, 2010 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
This rocks!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
… Blaine Mathison, 11 May, 2010 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
*
My pleasure.

When I saw it in the field, I thought it was a small Platytomus or some related scarab. Then when I looked at it in the alcohol vial with a hand lens, I couldn't tell what family it was. Then when I finally scoped it, some of the weird hydrophilids popped into mind and I started to search for images of various genera and finally stumbled upon it.
… Jeff Gruber, 11 May, 2010 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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