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long-necked beetle - Leptotrachelus dorsalis
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

long-necked beetle - Leptotrachelus dorsalis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 27, 2012
Size: 7mm
Contributed by tom murray on 28 August, 2012 - 10:27pm

Leptotrachelus dorsalis
is confirmed based on my microscopic examination of this specimen which is now a photo-voucher in the P.W.Messer collection. Thanks Tom.

Interestingly, darker individual than usual and this species never before reported in MA. Nice!
… Peter W. Messer, 12 January, 2013 - 10:09pm

Moved
Moved from Leptotrachelus.
… v belov, 28 August, 2012 - 10:32pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 28 August, 2012 - 10:29pm

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