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Photo#988229
Beetle - Melanophthalma - female
Copyright © 2014 Tom Klein

Beetle - Melanophthalma - Female
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 28, 2014
Size: ~2mm
Melanophthalma subgenus Melanophthalma(1)?

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Beetle - Melanophthalma - female Beetle - Melanophthalma - female
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Contributed by Tom Klein on 31 August, 2014 - 9:43am
Last updated 18 November, 2021 - 10:04pm

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Melanophthalma sp., female
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.
… Brad Barnd, 18 November, 2021 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles.
… Charlene Wood, 31 October, 2014 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved...leaving genus to other specialists
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 August, 2014 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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