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Help needed with ID - Monotoma picipes
Copyright © 2014 Mark S. Romero

Help needed with ID - Monotoma picipes
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
May 30, 2014
Size: ~2mm
Taken at UV light. I first thought this was a Colydiinae, then Bothrideridae but, the abdomen is exposed like in Smicripidae. Ugh...

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Contributed by Mark S. Romero on 31 May, 2014 - 4:12pm
Last updated 31 May, 2014 - 6:22pm

thanks, Tommy; you're the boss!
Moved from Monotoma bicolor.
… v belov, 31 May, 2014 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tommy
and V, for the ID!
… Mark S. Romero, 31 May, 2014 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

I think
They are there but the angle/lighting isn't just right. Sometimes they look bare but it's just not in the right light. I'm mostly going on a bit of a "gestalt" feeling here.
… Tommy McElrath, 31 May, 2014 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

If anything
Look like Monotoma picipes to me.
… Tommy McElrath, 31 May, 2014 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
with no trace of pronotal depressions?
… v belov, 31 May, 2014 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; will seek confirmation
Moved from Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles.
… v belov, 31 May, 2014 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

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