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Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Aegithus sp

Photo by Felix Fleck
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Field Notes

Description:

Presumably a Leaf Beetle... It measured about 12mm in length, black with red/orange elytra.

Habitat:

Found in lowland rainforest outside Villahermosa in Tabasco, Mexico.

Reference Links:

Erotylidae - Aegithus rufipennis/clavicornis photo - Tom Murray photos at pbase…

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