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Cryptolestes punctatus - female
Copyright © 2011 Bruce Getty

Cryptolestes punctatus - Female
Middleburg, Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area, Clay County, Florida, USA
January 31, 2011
Size: 1.4mm
Poor photo, but the best I could do. Keyed out using "The Flat Bark Beetles of Florida
(Coleoptera:Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae by Mike Thomas) to Cryptolestes
and @ 40x, the secondary sublateral line can be seen to diverge posteriorly from the
sublateral line and attain the basal angle, so, I went with C. punctatus over C.
unicornis. I will take to FSCA next week for Mike to comfirm or revise. If correct,
will need a new guide page.
Contributed by Bruce Getty on 9 February, 2011 - 2:55pm
Last updated 9 November, 2012 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Cryptolestes.
… v belov, 9 November, 2012 - 8:22am

we'll be waiting...
… v belov, 9 February, 2011 - 3:40pm

 
ID confirmed
Showed this to Mike Thomas and compared to FSCA specimens. He
confirmed the ID. James Garrison will submit a better photo using
his scope camera/computer enhanced stacker program, so if a
guide page could be prepared that would be really great. Many thanks.
… Bruce Getty, 18 February, 2011 - 7:09pm

 
that improved image haven't materialized yet........
could you please follow up on this?
… v belov, 9 November, 2012 - 8:24am

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