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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) » Melasinae » Melasini » Melasis » Melasis pectinicornis
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Cross-grain eucnemid - Melasis pectinicornis - male
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Cross-grain eucnemid - Melasis pectinicornis - Male
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
February 27, 2007
Size: once about 7 mm
Underside of another male. This beetle and another like it had me stumped for a while. At first I thought I had two bore*rs because of their stubby abdomens. Then I saw the frondy antennae and began to get excited. Finally I noticed why they were stubby; I had hacked off their genital area with my sharp hatchet as I collected chunks of the wood they were in. Sorry, guys.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 February, 2007 - 8:04am

It's great you got such a good photo
Because I bet they won't ask you back, after that hatchet job.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 February, 2007 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melasis.
… Jim McClarin, 28 February, 2007 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

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