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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Cercyon
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Hydrophilid? - Cercyon
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Luk

Hydrophilid? - Cercyon
Horner Park, Richmond Hill (N43º52'20.5"W079º24'45.4"elev.208m), York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 24, 2008
Size: 2.8 mm
Found this in a rotting Dryad Saddle (Polyporus squamosus). It looks very much like a hydrophilid, but I'm unsure. A preference for rotting mushrooms deep in a forest is unusual for members of a largely aquatic family.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 1 July, 2008 - 6:10pm
Last updated 13 December, 2008 - 11:33pm

Well...
...Hydrophilids of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae, I should have said. I know those ones aren't quite water-loving. But, thanks for confirming.
… Stephen Luk, 2 July, 2008 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Not uncommon
I find small hydrophilids in fungi quite often.
… Jim McClarin, 1 July, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
sure--
a Cercyon i think. quite a few hydrophilid genera are assoc'd w/deacying organics [incl.manure, carrion, &c] and never go to water
… v belov, 1 July, 2008 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

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