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Small, brown and black, hairy beetle - Ptinus
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Small, brown and black, hairy beetle - Ptinus
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
June 3, 2013
Size: 2.6 mm
Ptinus? hystrix?
Contributed by Bob Webster on 5 June, 2013 - 8:49pm
Last updated 28 August, 2021 - 3:07am

hystrix looks like a good candidate
Moved from subgenus Gynopterus.
… v belov, 28 August, 2021 - 3:07am

Moved
Moved from Death-watch and Spider Beetles.
… v belov, 5 June, 2013 - 9:17pm

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