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Stilbus apicalis
Photo#603707
Copyright © 2011
Richard Migneault
Shining Flower Beetle -
Stilbus apicalis
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 4, 2011
Size: 1,8mm
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Contributed by
Richard Migneault
on 26 December, 2011 - 9:51am
Last updated 24 January, 2013 - 3:13pm
Moved
Moved from
Stilbus
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v belov
, 24 January, 2013 - 3:13pm
Stilbus apicalis (Melsheimer)
This is
Stilbus apicalis
(Melsheimer). See the following paper for more information:
Majka, C.G., Gimmel, M.L., and Langor, D. 2008.
The Phalacridae of Canada: new records, distribution, and bionomics with a particular focus on the Atlantic Canadian fauna.
In: Majka C.G., Klimaszewski J. (Eds) Biodiversity, Biosystematics, and Ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys 2: 209-220.
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Christopher Majka
, 24 January, 2013 - 2:59pm
Moved
Moved from
Shining Flower Beetles
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Richard Migneault
, 26 December, 2011 - 5:50pm
Stilbus sp.
Note single stria and multiple long prosternal setae.
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Matthew L. Gimmel
, 26 December, 2011 - 5:41pm
unrelated to any aquatic beetles...
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Moved from
Hydrophilinae
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v belov
, 26 December, 2011 - 10:01am
Thanks for the reference, but
Thanks for the reference, but very difficult for me to differenciate,
easier for me to photograph..
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Richard Migneault
, 26 December, 2011 - 5:00pm