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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Dryopoidea » Water Penny Beetles (Psephenidae) » Psepheninae » Psephenus » Psephenus herricki
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Water Penny on Rock - Psephenus herricki
Copyright © 2006 Stephen_WV

Water Penny on Rock - Psephenus herricki
North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, Grant County, West Virginia, USA
July 17, 2006
Size: 8.2 mm
What a transformation members of this family undergo!
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 19 July, 2006 - 11:06am
Last updated 19 July, 2006 - 3:51pm

Psephenus herricki
It is a Psephenus for sure, and as far as I know only P. herricki is in your area.
… Donald S. Chandler, 19 July, 2006 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks, Donald! I didn't expect to be able to label this to species.
… Stephen_WV, 19 July, 2006 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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