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Puffball, not pill scarab - Caenocara
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Puffball, not pill scarab - Caenocara
Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 2 mm
You can see the remaining large antennomere here that is characteristic of the puffball beetles. The other two large antennomeres have obviously broken off.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 16 January, 2006 - 9:27pm
Last updated 10 March, 2015 - 8:16am

I confirm
Dear Jim,
on the lateral picture, cleft eyes are perceptible - so the genus ID is safe. Byrrhodes spp. have similar antennae, character works only in distinguishing these two genera from other Dorcatominae genera.

regards, Boris
… Boris Büche, 23 November, 2006 - 4:20am

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