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Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Melanophthalma
Copyright © 2014 Robert Lord Zimlich

Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle - Melanophthalma
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 4, 2014
Size: 1.5mm
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 July, 2014 - 5:57pm
Last updated 15 July, 2014 - 3:01pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles.
… Charlene Wood, 15 July, 2014 - 3:01pm

 
Welcome
Welcome to BugGuide Editors, Charlene. Thanks for giving this little guy a name.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 15 July, 2014 - 3:08pm

 
no problem!
Thanks for posting the lil guy :)
The features you might find useful for this subgenus are the angular pronotal margins, with transverse impressions visible near the base of the pronotum, and 3-segmented antennal club.
… Charlene Wood, 15 July, 2014 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 4 July, 2014 - 6:04pm

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