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Fungus beetle (Tenebrionoidea)
Copyright © 2007 Peter Cristofono

Fungus beetle (Tenebrionoidea)
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 24, 2007
Size: ~ 1cm
This beetle was one of several feeding on a large mushroom at the base of an oak tree. Seen at the edge of a forest in the afternoon.
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 24 August, 2007 - 2:29pm
Last updated 18 September, 2007 - 8:36pm

not click beetle
The large, frontally incised (reniform) eyes contradict the thesis.
I think it will be a species of the Tenebrionoidea - Melandryidae? Tenebrionidae? something else?
… Boris Büche, 26 August, 2007 - 6:26am login or register to post comments

 
Tenebrionoidea
Thanks Boris, moved to Tenebrionoidea.
… Peter Cristofono, 27 August, 2007 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

Elateridae
Click beetle
… margarethe brummermann, 24 August, 2007 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

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