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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 varicolor
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Corticaria varicolor - male
Copyright © 2010 Charlene Wood

Corticaria varicolor - Male
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada
June 16, 2009
Size: 2.34 mm
Taken from litter in a hay barn. Pronotum and head dark black-brown, pronotum with very shallow basal impression, elytra lighter with surface between punctures slightly rippled and hair conspicuous, appendages testaceous...characteristic of Corticaria varicolor Fall.
Collected by D. Langor & J. Hammond

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Contributed by Charlene Wood on 4 October, 2010 - 9:48pm
Last updated 5 October, 2010 - 9:43am

thanks for all the additions!
i would suggest, though, orienting the dorsal shots consistently in upright position [head to the 'north'] -- makes it a lot easier to compare photos put side-by-side
… v belov, 5 October, 2010 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

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