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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Haplostethini » Mastogenius » Mastogenius crenulatus
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Beetle - Mastogenius crenulatus
Copyright © 2010 Peter Cristofono

Beetle - Mastogenius crenulatus
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 9, 2010
Size: 3.5 mm (measured)
Found on a fence surrounding a flower garden.

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 9 June, 2010 - 5:36pm
Last updated 9 June, 2016 - 10:08am

nah... my bad, Peter; Joshua Basham has set me straight
i should have paid more attention to that first intuition of mine...

Moved from Drapetes geminatus.
… v belov, 9 June, 2010 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

keys out to D. geminatus nitidus
Moved from Drapetes.
… v belov, 9 June, 2010 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

this is what i think this is; great find, Peter -- thanks.
exert yourself to come up with more, and better, pix!!

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 June, 2010 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

hmm... intriguing
the photo's dark 7 the beetle is badly damaged [pronotum crushed, head displaced] -- beyond [my] recognition -- has an air of a small bup to it, though
… v belov, 9 June, 2010 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

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