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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Amphicrossinae » Amphicrossus » Amphicrossus ciliatus
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Nitidulidae, elytra hair tufts - Amphicrossus ciliatus
Copyright © 2012 MJ Hatfield

Nitidulidae, elytra hair tufts - Amphicrossus ciliatus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 26, 2011
Size: 4.5 mm
Can anyone tell me what it means if the little bunch of hairs are not present on the elytra?
Are they associated with male or female and if so are they diagnostically reliable?
Thank you.

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Nitidulidae, dorsal - Amphicrossus ciliatus Nitidulidae, lateral - Amphicrossus ciliatus Nitidulidae, elytra hair tufts - Amphicrossus ciliatus Nitidulidae, ventral - Amphicrossus ciliatus Nitidulidae, head ventral - Amphicrossus ciliatus Nitidulidae, elytral edge setae - Amphicrossus ciliatus
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 29 January, 2012 - 8:55am
Last updated 18 December, 2012 - 6:51am

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