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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Exosternini » Baconia » Baconia venusta
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Clown Beetle - Baconia venusta
Copyright © 2011 J. Ott

Clown Beetle - Baconia venusta
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
March 6, 2011
Size: 2.3mm
Found under bark of hardwood,id appreciated.Baconia?

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Contributed by J. Ott on 6 March, 2011 - 12:12pm
Last updated 2 April, 2011 - 4:28pm

new sp. for the guide... thanks again, guys.
Moved from Baconia.
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

Baconia
B. venusta
… atishe8, 2 April, 2011 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

how on earth could i miss it? sorry, Johnny
good call, as always; i'm sure you'll get a sp. name soon

Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 1 April, 2011 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V,working full force again so just got back on
scene and will ask Peter if I can send this to him in next batch I
send to him to place it in proper collection since the only one posted
to guide,thanks as always my friend.
… J. Ott, 7 April, 2011 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

 
to Peter Messer?
i don't think Peter keeps beetles other than carabids in his collection, although he could of course pass it to UW Madison attn: Jeff Gruber.
An alternative idea depositing your histerids @ LSAM, where this family had been curated by Dr Tishechkin (who ID'd this one)
… v belov, 7 April, 2011 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Great,will send to LSAM,tried to email Jeff when
collected but no response yet but will go the LSAM route if they
will accept,thanks V.
… J. Ott, 7 April, 2011 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

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