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Platydema? - Platydema laevipes
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Platydema? - Platydema laevipes
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 7, 2010
Size: 6.4mm
Found under bark.
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Contributed by tom murray on 7 August, 2010 - 7:33pm
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 11:14am

Moved tentatively; laevipes looks fine to me
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 6 December, 2014 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
The UNH site lists 8 species of Platydema, including P. laevipes.
… tom murray, 8 August, 2010 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Platydema yes
looks like the P. americanum you posted before. Keys to P. laevipes on the Eastern tenebs site, but the keys on that site are for Florida only and may not take into account species in your area.
… Blaine Mathison, 8 August, 2010 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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