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subgenus Rhizophagus (Rhizophagus subgenus Rhizophagus)
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Rhizophagus sayi
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Copyright © 2006
tom murray
small Bark Beetle? -
Rhizophagus sayi
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 4, 2006
Size: 2.7mm
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 5 February, 2006 - 5:50pm
Last updated 6 February, 2006 - 9:24pm
Congratulations, Tom!
Another new beetle family for bugguide! Reorder the families once you've created a page. It goes right before Sylvanidae.
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Jim McClarin
, 5 February, 2006 - 8:51pm
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reordered
but does this family have a "common name"?
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tom murray
, 5 February, 2006 - 9:35pm
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Had to look it up:
Root-eating Beetles.
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Jim McClarin
, 5 February, 2006 - 9:58pm
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Monotomidae: Rhizophagus sp.
A very nice picture of a Rhizophagus sp. Probably identfiable to species if the collection was at hand.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 5 February, 2006 - 8:04pm
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specimen
If it matters, I still have the beetle alive in a container. Would that help get the species id?
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tom murray
, 5 February, 2006 - 9:01pm
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Rhizophagus sayi
Tom:
The color pattern was diagnostic for this species, and it is a pretty uncommon one in NH (at least in our collection). I wouldn't mind having it (preferably dead), but am not in a hurry to get it.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 6 February, 2006 - 12:54pm
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