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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae) » Gyrininae » Gyrinus » subgenus Gyrinus (Gyrinus subgenus Gyrinus) » Gyrinus pugionis
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small whirligig - Gyrinus pugionis
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

small whirligig - Gyrinus pugionis
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2010
Size: 6mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 22 May, 2010 - 11:06pm
Last updated 12 March, 2011 - 8:25pm

Moved
Moved from Gyrinus lecontei.
Don Chandler examined the specimen and determined this as Gyrinus pugionis.
… tom murray, 12 March, 2011 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
oops...
I was wrong then :-/ Thanks for the update.
… Tim Loh, 15 March, 2011 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
No problem
I've seen times when the species was determined from a specimen only to be changed later after more research.
… tom murray, 15 March, 2011 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
This is most likely G. lecontei Fall based on the key by Oygur & Wolfe. You were lucky that this dude stuck out his aedeagus out for you (see ventral)- with a few exceptions most species in this genus can't be IDed positively from pictures without examining the male genitalia.
… Tim Loh, 8 December, 2010 - 3:05am login or register to post comments

 
New species for the guide
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good:-)
Thanks Tim!
… tom murray, 8 December, 2010 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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