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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) » Anthicinae » Sapintus » Sapintus fulvipes
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Antlike Flower Beetle - Sapintus fulvipes
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Antlike Flower Beetle - Sapintus fulvipes
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 4, 2006
Size: 2.5mm
Found under a rock. I'm thinking Cleridae with that hairy elytra.
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 February, 2006 - 5:53pm
Last updated 4 April, 2012 - 8:53pm

Moved
Moved from Sapintus pubescens.
… tom murray, 4 April, 2012 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

Oops. on
reflection in seeing that size range, it has to be S. fulvipes, the smaller species.
… Donald S. Chandler, 4 April, 2012 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Anthicidae: Sapintus pubescens?
Far from Cleridae. It is a Sapintus, and from the size it is most likely Sapintus pubescens. It is the best anthicid picture so far.
… Donald S. Chandler, 5 February, 2006 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Antlike Flower Beetle
Donald, thanks for the species id, and compliment.
… tom murray, 5 February, 2006 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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