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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Corticaria » Corticaria serrata
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Tiny Beetle - Corticaria serrata
Copyright © 2010 Peter Cristofono

Tiny Beetle - Corticaria serrata
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 2, 2010
Size: 2 mm
Came to light.

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 2 July, 2010 - 11:44pm
Last updated 30 September, 2010 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Corticaria.
… Peter Cristofono, 30 September, 2010 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

i hope it's this genus; Charlene will set me straight
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 July, 2010 - 12:52am login or register to post comments

 
if Corticaria
then probably C. serrata; not sure any other species have such prominent teeth the entire length of the pronotum.
… Blaine Mathison, 3 July, 2010 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
you're right that other species with that trait haven't yet been described here... we will see if that changes in the future! :-)
… Charlene Wood, 30 September, 2010 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

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