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Long-necked Ground Beetle

Calophaena ligata

Description:

Found these three rascals hiding inside a folded over leaf. About 12mm in length, bright orange in colour with black markings on elytra; legs and antennae quite long.

Habitat:

Lowland rainforest of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.

Notes:

Another site with info, since neither wikipedia nor eol had this species https://www.researchgate.net/figure/2581...

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Felix Fleck
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Felix Fleck

Provincia Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 24, 2015
Submitted on Sep 3, 2016

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