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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Apsectus
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Beetle 2 - Apsectus
Copyright © 2013 Derek Uhey

Beetle 2 - Apsectus
Big Gypsum Valley, near Slickrock, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
July 14, 2013
Size: 1.8mm
Pit trapped in native shrub riparian habitat

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 24 September, 2013 - 10:33pm
Last updated 25 September, 2013 - 10:10am

the ventral shot strongly suggests dermestid affinities
nice find, Derek.

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 September, 2013 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Byrrhidae
looks interesting..thinking Exomella for this one but I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable to comment.
… Tim Loh, 25 September, 2013 - 12:49am login or register to post comments

 
How about Apsectus?
.
… Michael C. Thomas, 25 September, 2013 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
you saved me; i was frantically looking among dermestids
… v belov, 25 September, 2013 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks all!
neat dermestid
… Derek Uhey, 25 September, 2013 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yikes
I was so off on this one...
… Tim Loh, 25 September, 2013 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

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