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Ptinus variegatus
Photo#909363
Copyright © 2014
Lisa I.
Odd Beetle -
Ptinus variegatus
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
April 14, 2014
Size: 3.5mm
Will try for another view. Found on side of building, very shy.
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Contributed by
Lisa I.
on 14 April, 2014 - 8:39pm
Last updated 2 July, 2019 - 11:02am
Moved
Moved from
Ptinus bimaculatus
.
Pronotal pubescence much shorther than in
bimaculatus
, and denser, pale and scaly medially.
European by origin, ID was a spin-off from
iNaturalist
…
Boris Büche
, 2 July, 2019 - 11:02am
Ptinus bimaculatus Melsheimer
Moved from
Ptinus
. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa.
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Brad Barnd
, 5 August, 2014 - 2:39am
Moved
Moved from
Beetles
.
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v belov
, 15 April, 2014 - 5:38am
Maybe a Spider Beetle
…
john and jane balaban
, 14 April, 2014 - 8:51pm
Looks right.
Thanks.
…
Lisa I.
, 14 April, 2014 - 8:56pm