Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
2012 gathering in Alabama is being planned now!

More upcoming events

Photos of insects and people from the 2011 gathering in Iowa

Photos from the 2010 Workshop in Grinnell, Iowa

Photos from the 2009 gathering in Washington
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Pinhole Bark Borers (Platypodinae) » Euplatypus » Euplatypus compositus
Photo#206726
sm cylindrical brown beetle - Euplatypus compositus - female
Copyright © 2008 Mike Quinn

sm cylindrical brown beetle - Euplatypus compositus - Female
South Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 27, 2008
Size: ~4.5mm
Shot at lights in wet area...

Small cylindrical brown beetle with large eyes and clubbed ant formed by elongated antennomeres... The elongated terminal antennomeres is what I don't find a match for... Thanks in advance, Mike
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 July, 2008 - 2:31pm
Last updated 13 July, 2010 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Euplatypus.

This is a female. Males have the pronounced terminal projections on the elytra.
… Thomas H. Atkinson, 13 July, 2010 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pinhole Bark Borers.
… v belov, 23 March, 2009 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Platypodinae
pin-hole bark borer
… Phillip Harpootlian, 27 July, 2008 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2012 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact