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Scraptiidae, dorsal - Anaspis flavipennis - male
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Scraptiidae, dorsal - Anaspis flavipennis - Male
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 5, 2014
Size: 2.6 mm
on a Hepatica flower

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Scraptiidae, dorsal - Anaspis flavipennis - male Scraptiidae, lateral - Anaspis flavipennis - male Scraptiidae, ventral - Anaspis flavipennis - male Scraptiidae, ventralX - Anaspis flavipennis - male
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 9 May, 2014 - 9:13pm
Last updated 1 April, 2016 - 7:46pm

Moved tentatively; hope Brad confirms
Moved from Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles.
… v belov, 9 May, 2014 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
male Anaspis flavipennis (you can see the abdominal appendages in the lateral view, only found in the males); as far as I know the group hasn't been worked on since Liljeblad (1)
… Brad Barnd, 9 May, 2014 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Hooray.
Thanks to you both.
… MJ Hatfield, 10 May, 2014 - 6:49am login or register to post comments

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