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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Comb-clawed Beetles (Alleculinae) » Gonoderina » Pseudocistela » Pseudocistela pinguis
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Small Black Beetle - Pseudocistela pinguis
Copyright © 2010 Jim Moore

Small Black Beetle - Pseudocistela pinguis
In Westwood; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 11, 2006
Size: Body length 11mm

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 18 May, 2010 - 6:15pm
Last updated 6 August, 2013 - 11:47pm

Moved tentatively -- matches MCZ type
here

Moved from Comb-clawed Beetles.
… v belov, 23 May, 2010 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

 
updated link to type image
Seems to be at http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:4731 now.
… Ken-ichi Ueda, 24 May, 2016 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

lovely alleculine; i'm dying to see a sharper pic -- possible?
elytral surface and antennae critical
pls elaborate what do you mean by 'small'? could you measure it? they aren't usually small

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 18 May, 2010 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Sharper pic is possible!
I am pretty sure that I still have this specimen since I also have a photo of it when dried. But this other photo is poorly focused. I will look for it and measure it and re-shoot it with newer camera. Thanks for all your input - I am learning from the good feedback!
… Jim Moore, 18 May, 2010 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
i appreciate your cooperation very much, Jim
… v belov, 18 May, 2010 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Alleculine Beetle
Well I found the specimen and took a few new photos - which are linked above. Hope they are of satisfactory quality, even though some loss of appendages has occurred.
… Jim Moore, 22 May, 2010 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
thanx much for the extras -- will mess with it more
… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

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