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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles (Silvanidae) » Silvaninae » Pensus » Pensus gilae
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Almost over looked this tiny beetle - Pensus gilae
Copyright © 2014 Mark S. Romero

Almost over looked this tiny beetle - Pensus gilae
Mt. Taylor, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA
May 10, 2014
Size: 3mm
Off of NM-547 between FS Rd. - 193 & 453. Under the bark of a dead cut stump - Ponderosa pine.
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Contributed by Mark S. Romero on 11 May, 2014 - 7:03pm
Last updated 12 May, 2014 - 1:42pm

Mike Thomas says, "Gotta be Pensus gilae.
"...I suspect the temples are not showing up because of camera angle. Otherwise it looks right."

Moved from Silvaninae.
… v belov, 12 May, 2014 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Mike T.
and as always V.
… Mark S. Romero, 12 May, 2014 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

looks very cool, with these lobate front angles & no temples
Moved from Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 11 May, 2014 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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