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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Epuraeinae » Epuraea » Subgenus Epuraeanella (Epuraea Subgenus Epuraeanella) » Epuraea rufa
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Flared Neck Beetle - Epuraea rufa
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Flared Neck Beetle - Epuraea rufa
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 30, 2012
Size: 3.5mm
I think this is a new one to my photographic collection, just found a few minutes ago on my doorstep.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 30 May, 2012 - 11:25pm
Last updated 12 August, 2012 - 10:58am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Epuraea.
… v belov, 12 August, 2012 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Ashley Bradford, 31 May, 2012 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

Epuraea sp.
the distinctly bent middle tibiae indicates it is a male (though not all males of this genus have that character)
… Brad Barnd, 30 May, 2012 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I see we have no shortage of those here. Cool about the bent leg - I had noticed that.
… Ashley Bradford, 31 May, 2012 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

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