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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Latridiidae) » Corticariinae » Melanophthalma » subgenus Melanophthalma (Melanophthalma subgenus Melanophthalma)
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MBSB #6 - Melanophthalma
Copyright © 2013 Tim Moyer

MBSB #6 - Melanophthalma
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 3, 2012
Size: 1.7mm

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 26 February, 2013 - 10:45pm
Last updated 20 March, 2013 - 7:45pm

Nice photos Tim!
Beyond the angulate pronotal margin shown in the dorsal shot, this photo shows clearly the diagnostic "post coxal lines" on the first abdominal sternite. They are sometimes hard to see, but start at the inner edge of the metacoxae and extend across the first sternite, diverging slightly. This is a GREAT feature for distinguishing Melanophthalma from other Corticariines.

Also, this one is a male and with a little more of the aedeagus showing, we would probably be able to put it to species!!!
… Charlene Wood, 20 March, 2013 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles.
… Charlene Wood, 20 March, 2013 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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