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Beetle - Melanophthalma - female
Copyright © 2014 Tom Klein

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

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

coxal lines
the fist abdominal sternum shows the characteristic coxal lines (look just between/below where the hind legs attach) for the genus Melanophthalma and the 3-segmented antennal club (vs 2-segmented) brings it to the subgenus.

Nice photos!
… Charlene Wood, 31 October, 2014 - 1:05pm

Moved
Moved from Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles.
… Charlene Wood, 31 October, 2014 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 August, 2014 - 10:17am

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