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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Nitidula complex » Omosita » Omosita nearctica
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Fungus Nitidulid, Omosita colon? - Omosita nearctica
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

Fungus Nitidulid, Omosita colon? - Omosita nearctica
Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 1, 2005
Size: about 3 - 4 mm
Collected from woodland fungi along with several species of ro*ve beetles, tiny ptili*ids, a Notio*philus, and an abundance of springtails. I've seen this or a similarly-marked nitidulid on carrion.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 October, 2005 - 7:43pm
Last updated 21 May, 2015 - 8:45pm

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 7 September, 2008 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Boris.
I noted your comment on the info page for this species. Would you care to elaborate on who said what and when (I know you said recently)regarding the new classification?
… Jim McClarin, 7 September, 2008 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jim
to call to my attention not making any changes in nomenclature without explanation, at least if not well known . . .

info page updated ;-)
… Boris Büche, 8 September, 2008 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh good!
Kireitshuk had commented on some of these images and had suggested another species at the time. I guess this is a very new determination.
… Jim McClarin, 8 September, 2008 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Omosita colon -
- and is a usual beetle on cadavers, that´s right!

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 28 November, 2006 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Boris.
Our nitidulid specialist is Andrew Cline, so I've named it flagged with a question mark till he says what he thinks.
… Jim McClarin, 28 November, 2006 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Same as carrion nitidulid
This certainly looks like the same species I posted recently that I collected from a long-dead squirrel carcass:
… Jim McClarin, 10 October, 2005 - 4:36am login or register to post comments

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