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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Riffle Beetles (Elmidae) » Elminae » Elmini » Microcylloepus » Microcylloepus pusillus
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Microcylloepus pusillus
Copyright © 2007 Crystal Maier

Microcylloepus pusillus
Shenandoah River, Virginia, USA
August 15, 2006
Size: 1.5mm
Microcylloepus pusillus, found in a benthic sample from the Shenandoah River.
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Contributed by Crystal Maier on 8 January, 2007 - 10:30am
Last updated 12 June, 2009 - 11:35pm

Thanks for posting all these elmids, Crystal.
As the reigning elmid expert on bugguide could you have a look at others posted here (most are mine) and see what species you think they are?
… Jim McClarin, 8 January, 2007 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
It's no problem at all. I've
It's no problem at all. I've got a bunch more of elmid pictures on the way, including S. mera, Dubiraphia minima, and Oulimnius sp. I've just got to get around to actually taking them. : ) I'll take a look at your photos and I'll try to do the best I can at the ID's, as I am used to having a preserved specimen that I can flip over, zoom in, etc.
… Crystal Maier, 9 January, 2007 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

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