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Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Tritoma pulchra
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Tritoma pulchra
Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 23, 2005
Size: 3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 25 June, 2005 - 10:02am
Last updated 5 October, 2007 - 6:29pm

Thanks Tim
Maybe he was going from memory, instead of a book on the identity of this one.
… tom murray, 5 October, 2007 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

Identified by
Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, as Tritoma biguttata biguttata.
… tom murray, 26 August, 2007 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
or T. pulchra?
hate to disagree with a pro, but this one really doesn't match the description for T. b. biguttata, which doesn't seem to have the elytra spot ever reaching the scutellum (or meeting along the suture) nor extending anywhere near this far aft. Rather it appears to fit very well the description for T. pulchra, described as "common" and with wide distro including MA and NH. See
… Tim Moyer, 5 October, 2007 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

Erotylidae
Scirtids don't have clubbed antennae
… Doug Yanega, 2 November, 2005 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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