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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Ampedini » Ampedus » Ampedus xanthomus
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click beetle - Ampedus xanthomus
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

click beetle - Ampedus xanthomus
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 17, 2011
Size: 7.7mm
Found under pine bark.
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 April, 2011 - 8:24pm

Nice...
just joining this conversation! Vassili, no apologies for the preemptive move :) and Tom, yes, I will love it! Totally unfamiliar with this species! Looking forward to it!
… Blaine Mathison, 17 April, 2011 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

well... i simply couln't help myself, guys
will abide by any reversal ruling.
with advance apologies to Tom and Blaine, =v=

Moved from Click Beetles.
… v belov, 17 April, 2011 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
No apologies for me
rather, thanks =v=!!! It's another new one for the guide.
… tom murray, 17 April, 2011 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
falls into the 'too cool to wait' category
… v belov, 17 April, 2011 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

gorgeous! guessing, Megapenthes (var. of quadrimaculatus?)
**
… v belov, 17 April, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you think Blaine will like this:-)
If it is a var. of quadrimaculatus, it would be the first one on bugguide outside of California.
… tom murray, 17 April, 2011 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

 
man, it doesn't match any of the ne. US Megapenthes spp.
cool. may well turn out an Ampedus... or?...
… v belov, 17 April, 2011 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I like it
A mystery beetle!
… tom murray, 17 April, 2011 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Blaine will love this no matter what
:)
… v belov, 17 April, 2011 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

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