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Minute Pirate Bug - Calliodis temnostethoides

Minute Pirate Bug - Calliodis temnostethoides
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 20, 2011
Size: 2.4mm to wingtip

ID confirmed by T.J. Henry: "appears to be C. temnostethoides"
yessss...

Moved from Minute Pirate Bugs.

please please be Calliodis temnostethoides...

 
Calliodis
That would be nice to get a new genus and species. Is the picture large enough or should I increase the size?

 
since this is our only image...
...it would be nice to have a higher-res version, although it's distinctive enough as is.
many thanks again, Tom.

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