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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Cardiophorinae » Esthesopus » Esthesopus praeditus
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050812Clicker2 - Esthesopus praeditus
Copyright © 2012 Ken Allen

050812Clicker2 - Esthesopus praeditus
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
May 8, 2012
Size: 6mm
Possibly Esthesopus sp. per BAM 2BAM
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Contributed by Ken Allen on 8 May, 2012 - 9:25pm
Last updated 23 May, 2012 - 7:51pm

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… Ken Allen, 23 May, 2012 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Esthesopus praeditus
Identification made by examination of voucher specimen. The specimen is a male and examination of diagnostic genitalia possible.
… Blaine Mathison, 23 May, 2012 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Esthesopus yes...
In this larger image I can see tarsal pads. In the Southeast, there are two black species, E. claricollis and E. praeditus. Examination of male genitilia is the only way to separate them.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 May, 2012 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

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