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some hydrophilid - Cercyon laminatus
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some hydrophilid - Cercyon laminatus
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 22, 2014
Size: 3.5mm
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some hydrophilid - Cercyon laminatus some hydrophilid - Cercyon laminatus
Contributed by roar on 23 July, 2014 - 6:49pm
Last updated 24 July, 2014 - 9:37am

Moved tentatively; a look at the metasternum would help
in this family, ventral shots often help a lot or are even critical, esp. at supraspecific level (like telling apart subgenera in Cercyon)

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 24 July, 2014 - 9:37am

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