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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Megapenthes » Megapenthes rufilabris
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Click Beetle - Megapenthes rufilabris
Copyright © 2011 J. Ott

Click Beetle - Megapenthes rufilabris
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
July 4, 2011
Size: 6.9mm
Taken by blacklight;id is appreciated.Will send this one out after you return Blaine.

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Contributed by J. Ott on 5 July, 2011 - 11:46am
Last updated 1 August, 2011 - 7:24pm

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.

This keys out well to M. rufilabris, minus the color differences. Could just be an odd(?) color variant.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 August, 2011 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Blaine,makes sense and was found among
quite a few M.rufilabris while blacklighting that night.
… J. Ott, 2 August, 2011 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Thanks!
I am now starting to wonder if this is a wierd little Megapenthes! Cant wait to see it later in the month! :)
… Blaine Mathison, 5 July, 2011 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Wow
looking forward to it. My first thought was Anchastus but I do not see membranous tarsal pads (at least not in the pic). We'll know in a couple weeks :)
… Blaine Mathison, 5 July, 2011 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
You should be getting these guys any day,I mailed
them out friday and just as curious about this one as you.
… J. Ott, 1 August, 2011 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
got 'em today :)
will have IDs in the next couple days if not tonight! :)
… Blaine Mathison, 1 August, 2011 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Will a ventral pic but not sure if it will help?
>
… J. Ott, 5 July, 2011 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
Add the ventral anyway, please...
if it turns out to be new for BG, it'd be nice to have both!
… Blaine Mathison, 5 July, 2011 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

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