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Toe-Winged Beetle
18.8969, -96.9978
Field Notes
Description:
A small beetle of about 4 mm of the Family Ptilodactylidae (Toe-Winged Beetles). It was on the wall below a light at the Hotel Posada Loma. Many if not most of the beetles in this family have aquatic or semi-aquatic larvae and adults feed on microfungi. The antennae have protrusions on segments 4 through 10.
Habitat:
Fortin de Las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico.
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 15, 2013
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