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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Round Fungus Beetles (Leiodidae) » Small Carrion Beetles (Cholevinae) » Cholevini » Prionochaeta » Prionochaeta opaca
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Prionochaeta opaca
Copyright © 2011 Ben Coulter

Prionochaeta opaca
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2011
Size: 5 mm

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Contributed by Ben Coulter on 3 May, 2011 - 8:03am
Last updated 3 May, 2011 - 5:19pm

exxxcellent... i was waiting for this thing to pop up
made my day, man.

Moved from Small Carrion Beetles.
… v belov, 3 May, 2011 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
Sweet
I still have it. I'll try for some prettier pics.
… Ben Coulter, 3 May, 2011 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
please do, by all means
although the metatibial spurs & tarsal design says it all
… v belov, 3 May, 2011 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
Those spurs are nifty.
… Ben Coulter, 3 May, 2011 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

looks cool -- will revisit
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 May, 2011 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

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