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Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Aegithus melaspis

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Red elytra, red pronotum, red head, black scutellum.

Habitat:

tropical rainforest. Corcovado National Park

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Species ID Suggestions

Pleasing Fungus beetle

Aegithus cf. meridionalis
thaptor
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Comments (1)
thaptor
A. melaspis not as convex, and egg-shaped: http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/267333-Aegithus-melaspis

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The Color Red
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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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Insects of Costa Rica
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Beetles!
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Beetles of Costa Rica
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PublishedMarch 2, 2016

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