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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles (Scirtoidea) » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » former Cyphon » Contacyphon » variabilis complex (Contacyphon variabilis complex) » Sp. 2 (Contacyphon Sp. 2)
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Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon
Copyright © 2006 Tim R. Moyer

Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon
Medford, Burlington Co. (~15 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) County, New Jersey, USA
August 31, 2006
Size: ~2.2mm
probably Cyphon sp.

came to UV lights

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Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon
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Contributed by Tim R. Moyer on 2 September, 2006 - 11:27pm
Last updated 26 January, 2012 - 6:59pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from variabilis complex. Typical color pattern for this variable species that has not been formally described.
… Brad Barnd, 26 January, 2012 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cyphon.
… v belov, 23 October, 2009 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Marsh Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 12 September, 2008 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

Cyphon sp.
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… v belov, 11 September, 2008 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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