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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Cryptophaginae » Cryptophagini » Pteryngium » Pteryngium crenatum
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Crypto*phagidae? - Pteryngium crenatum
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Crypto*phagidae? - Pteryngium crenatum
Jefferson Notch area, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
May 12, 2007
Size: about 1.7 mm
I found three tiny beetles of this presumed genus (possibly species) on the undersides of three fresh, moist conks growing on standing dead conifers, along with a scattering of spri*ngtails about their size. This is the all-testaceous one.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 May, 2007 - 7:12pm
Last updated 15 December, 2008 - 9:41pm

Moved
Moved from Pteryngium.
… Jim McClarin, 15 December, 2008 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Silken Fungus Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 14 May, 2007 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

fungus:
colour variable.

beetle: please save! (guess will turn out to be what I told)
… Boris Büche, 14 May, 2007 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

 
I will save you any cryptophagid you like.
I know they are not Don's favorite group :-)
… Jim McClarin, 14 May, 2007 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 14 May, 2007 - 5:36am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Elongate body, pronotal margin slightly serrate but with no other features, and roaming on conk´s underside fit for genus Pteryngium.

conk species = Fomitopsis pinicola? - would strengthen ID some more.
… Boris Büche, 14 May, 2007 - 5:14am login or register to post comments

 
P. crenatum...
...seems to be the only recognized NAmer sp., accg. to AmBeetles 2:341
… v belov, 13 December, 2008 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent!
I'll move it to species page.
… Jim McClarin, 15 December, 2008 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks like it.
The ones I found had a little wider band of red on top but otherwise the same as your image.
… Jim McClarin, 14 May, 2007 - 5:17am login or register to post comments

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