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metallic blue histerid - Xerosaprinus coerulescens
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

metallic blue histerid - Xerosaprinus coerulescens
Low base of Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 9, 2006
Size: about 4.3 mm
Here the beetle is shown against the backdrop of a plain, shiny black histerid, one of its carcassmates.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 August, 2006 - 1:39pm
Last updated 26 March, 2011 - 5:59am

Moved
Moved from Xerosaprinus.
… Jim McClarin, 26 March, 2011 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Saprinus.
… Jeff Gruber, 16 March, 2010 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Color Xerox ;-)
Thanks, Jeff.
… Jim McClarin, 16 March, 2010 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 20 January, 2007 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

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