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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Hooded Beetles (Corylophidae) » Orthoperus
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Orthoperus brunneus, ventral - Orthoperus
Copyright © 2011 Edward L. Ruden

Orthoperus brunneus, ventral - Orthoperus
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
September 25, 2011
Size: 0.94 mm
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"Anterior coxae long and narrow, inclosed within deep oblique fossae and attached more externally"(1).

"The first ventral (abdominal) segment is as long as the next four combined"(1).

This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 309 images with a 1.8 micron step taken with a Nikon BD 20X 0.40NA microscope objective + adapter/extension tube + Nikon D300 camera.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 20 December, 2011 - 9:17am
Last updated 4 January, 2012 - 10:30pm

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