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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Fire-Colored Beetles (Pyrochroidae) » Pedilinae » Pedilus » Pedilus lugubris
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another beetle to ID - Pedilus lugubris
Copyright © 2007 Ilona L.

another beetle to ID - Pedilus lugubris
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 8, 2007
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 9 May, 2007 - 1:34am
Last updated 18 December, 2010 - 9:50pm

Moved
Moved from Pedilus.
… tom murray, 15 January, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Pedilus lugubris (Say) ?
Eric is correct - Pedilus in the fire-colored beetle family Pyrochroidae. Even more ironically, perhaps - I was probably out in the Cross Plains area collecting on or near 8 May, 2007 when this image was taken! As I have noted on a couple other Pedilus images, critical to see the back ends of these little guys (& gals) to have the highest confidence, but the way the light is reflecting off the near-apex of the right elytron, it looks like a male of Pedilus lugubris (Say).
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 15 January, 2009 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Ilona L., 9 May, 2007 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Pedilus sp.
I suspect this is a species of Pedilus in the fire-colored beetle family Pyrochroidae. Ironically, one of the leading authorities on the family is Dr. Daniel K. Young, at U of Wisconsin in Madison:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 May, 2007 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

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