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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Hemicrepidiina » Hemicrepidius » Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus
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Elaterid? - Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Elaterid? - Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 27, 2012
Size: 12.5mm

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Elaterid? - Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus Elaterid? - Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus
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Contributed by tom murray on 28 July, 2012 - 9:51am
Last updated 12 January, 2021 - 12:19pm

Moved
Moved from Hemicrepidius bilobatus.
… Blaine Mathison, 12 January, 2021 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Athoini.
… tom murray, 29 July, 2012 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed
by examination of voucher specimen.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 August, 2012 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Hemicrepidius bilobatus
Based on the second image I am more confident this is H. bilobatus. The form of the pronotum does not look right for an Athous. Move as you see fit and I can correct/confirm after receipt of specimen.
… Blaine Mathison, 29 July, 2012 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… tom murray, 28 July, 2012 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

yes...
akward angle but either Hemicrepidius bilobatus or Athous brightwelli.
… Blaine Mathison, 28 July, 2012 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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