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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Dicrepidiini » Blauta » Blauta falli
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very punctate and black elaterid - Blauta falli
Copyright © 2011 David Almquist

very punctate and black elaterid - Blauta falli
near Inverness, Sumter County, Florida, USA
June 9, 2011
This was captured in a Malaise trap in a xeric area that was mostly scrubby flatwoods and sandhill habitats. If another angle or a closeup of a certain external structure would help with identification, please let me know.

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very punctate and black elaterid - Blauta falli very punctate and black elaterid - Blauta falli very punctate and black elaterid - Blauta falli very punctate and black elaterid ventral mesotarsus - Blauta falli
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Contributed by David Almquist on 15 June, 2011 - 10:39pm
Last updated 25 June, 2011 - 11:56am

Moved
Moved from Blauta.

Nice shot of the lobes, in combination with black color, I'm confident this is B. falli.
… Blaine Mathison, 25 June, 2011 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
I'm glad that helped
and thanks for the ID. The posterior tarsi didn't seem to have much, if anything, in the way of lobes if that matters at all.
… David Almquist, 25 June, 2011 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Elaterinae.

yes, believe this is indeed Blauta. T think I can see membranous tarsal pads on the ventral shot. The dark color makes me think B. falli, but the tarsal pads look a little small. I'd be more comfortable confirming the species by examining the specimen, if possible, or compare it with material in FSCA.
… Blaine Mathison, 16 June, 2011 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

terrific clicker -- maybe akin to Blauta
can't wait to hear from Blaine

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 16 June, 2011 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

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