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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Nitidula complex » Nitidula » Nitidula carnaria
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Tiny Beetle - Nitidula carnaria
Copyright © 2007 Lynette Elliott

Tiny Beetle - Nitidula carnaria
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
March 30, 2007
Size: around 2-3 mm
Found in the house on the wall. It's very small and looked black until the flash hit it. I'm guessing some kind of scarab?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 March, 2007 - 10:52pm
Last updated 9 July, 2023 - 2:41pm

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles after second vote for this sp. was given. The couloration on this image is typical, the specimen on the linked image darker as usual.
… Boris Büche, 19 June, 2008 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

looks like a Nitidula carnari
looks like a Nitidula carnaria to me (cf. http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/~mbprice/wibeetles/Price/Nitidulidae/Nitidula%20carnaria.htm)
… v belov, 11 June, 2008 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

 
I found several V. Belov references on google,
some even associated with Coleoptera. Which one are you? Are you in the US, Russia? A line or two about yourself on your personal page (just click on your name) would be most welcomed.
… Jim McClarin, 11 June, 2008 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

 
i sorta did...
after a while. details available upon request :-]
… v belov, 18 June, 2008 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
it does look very similar to your link. The only difference I see is that my beetle seems to have lighter colored legs, but that could be because of the flash.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 June, 2008 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 April, 2007 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

You may move it to family now!
Because for sure it is a Nitidulid.

Reminds very much of Nitidula carnaria - but I´m not sure whether some N-American species may come close in appearance.

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 2 April, 2007 - 3:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Ok, I'll just keep it at the basic level for now. I'll try to get some more shots today.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 March, 2007 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

Borer?
An underside and/or side view would help greatly but this strikes me as a scoly*tine borer due to antennal balls, general shape and downturned head.
… Jim McClarin, 31 March, 2007 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Not a scarab
Maybe a sap beetle (Nitidulidae).
… Brad Barnd, 30 March, 2007 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Nitidulid
Nitidulid was my thought too.
… Stephen_WV, 31 March, 2007 - 4:37am login or register to post comments

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