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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Minute Marsh-loving Beetles (Limnichidae) » Limnichinae » Limnichini » Limnichites » Limnichites punctatus
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Limnichites - Limnichites punctatus
Copyright © 2012 Brad Barnd

Limnichites - Limnichites punctatus
Pitman Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
June 30, 2012
Size: 2 mm
Found on emergent algae on partially submerged rock. Same habitat I found Pseph*enus herri*cki.
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 July, 2012 - 1:46am
Last updated 28 September, 2012 - 4:14pm

Moved
Moved from Limnichites. Found Wooldridge 1977 online, this keys to L. punctatus. However, it is very similar to L. olivaceus and care should be taken in separating them.
… Brad Barnd, 17 August, 2012 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
is it just me...
...or this one has more parallel-sided elytra -- vs rather obovate in the rest of the beetles on this page?
well, must be the angle
… v belov, 17 August, 2012 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm not sure
the variety of angles makes it difficult to tell
… Brad Barnd, 17 August, 2012 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Should also note
that the other images here (all northeastern currently) are in an area where 3 species can be found: punctatus, olivaceus, and huronicas.
… Brad Barnd, 17 August, 2012 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah, that's an important caveat
… v belov, 17 August, 2012 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

neat
chances to get it to sp.?
… v belov, 9 August, 2012 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

 
maybe
it may be another L. punctatus, but I'd like to see Wooldridge's revision before making that claim, and I don't have a copy...
(should definitely be either L. punctatus or L. olivaceus)
… Brad Barnd, 10 August, 2012 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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