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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Diomini » Diomus » Diomus terminatus
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tiny round beetle - Diomus terminatus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

tiny round beetle - Diomus terminatus
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: 2mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 26 March, 2006 - 7:50pm
Last updated 19 November, 2010 - 7:41am

It resembles a phalacrid.
I wish we could see its head and antennae.
… Jim McClarin, 26 March, 2006 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll try again
and see if it'll walk around, showing it's head and antennae.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2006 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Coccinellidae.
We've ruled out lady beetles because...? I'd vote for a species of Scymnus. Many species have the hind portion of the elytra pale. Remember the vast majority of coccinellids are very small.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 March, 2006 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
the walking image most helpful.
You can see the clubbed antennae typical of the scymnines, and also the falsely 3-segmented tarsi --> Coccinellidae --> Diomus terminatus (right next to Scymnus).
… Donald S. Chandler, 27 March, 2006 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Lady Beetle
After I took the walking picture, it looked a little like a lady beetle, but it wasn't like the ones I've seen before. Thanks Don and Eric. :-)
… tom murray, 27 March, 2006 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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