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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema micans
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Darkling Beetle - Platydema micans
Copyright © 2011 Robert Lord Zimlich

Darkling Beetle - Platydema micans
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 30, 2011
Size: 4-5mm
Black Bart & the Posse
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 May, 2011 - 10:49am
Last updated 30 May, 2015 - 2:49am

going on a limb with this one
for the future: important angles include plain dorsal habitus (body outline is often a huge help) showing the scutellum area in focus + a closer look at the head; that would be just perfect!

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 3 May, 2011 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
examples of helpful shots
shows the body outline well, no distortion
shows well both the head (depression important) and the area around the scutellum, revealing the presence of the short stria
shows the surface of the elytral intervals well
(densely punctate in this case)
… v belov, 5 May, 2011 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Platydema sp.
i'll try harder [success by no means guaranteed]
… v belov, 3 May, 2011 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

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