rough textured beetle - Phellopsis obcordata

permission

Hi Tom, I'm a grad student at the University of Georgia, making a flyer for a citizen science project designed to aid in the conservation of this species. I was hoping you would grant me permission to use this photo in my flyer.
Thanks, Clayton

… Clayton Traylor, 19 March, 2019 - 11:32am

No problem

Clayton, I don't mind educational photo uses like yours. It's the commercial users I would charge a fee for them to use my photos.

… tom murray, 19 March, 2019 - 4:16pm

It's a zopherid! Phellopsis obcordata

http://www.lesinsectesduquebec.com/insecta/24-coleoptera/zopheridae.htm
Wow! That makes two zopherid species you've collected locally, Tom. Not bad for what I've always thought of as a southwestern family.

Of course, zopherids used to be considered tenebrionids :-)

… Jim McClarin, 25 March, 2006 - 12:21am

Thanks

Jim, Eric, and everyone else in getting this beetle down to species.

… tom murray, 27 March, 2006 - 6:07pm

I agree.

Yes, very nice find. Created a guide page and moved it. Be aware there is a western version, and recent evidence suggests they are indeed two separate species, not synonyms as currently recognized.

… Eric R. Eaton, 27 March, 2006 - 4:51pm

Could be

I notice the common name is "Ténébrion des bois morts"= dead wood Ténébrion. However, the comment "On trouve cette espèce sur les champignons qui s'attaquent aux conifères. " seems to indicate they're found on fungi (mushrooms?) that attack conifers rather than on the conifers themselves.

… Chuck Entz, 25 March, 2006 - 12:39am

Some species eat conks.

Maybe all do. A species in the Pacific Northwest as well as one in Russia (I googled Phellopsis) are conk or shelf-fungivores. Now I know where to look for them. Possible I already have some in larval form...

… Jim McClarin, 25 March, 2006 - 12:45am

Another nice find!

I think this is a tenebrionid. I see something had a couple of its feet for dinner.

… Jim McClarin, 24 March, 2006 - 11:21pm

Thanks Jim

I agree with a tenebrionid, but am hoping someone will recognize it to genus or species.

… tom murray, 24 March, 2006 - 11:31pm

It might be noserus or phloeo

It might be noserus or phloeodes.it looks like a western species called noserus plicatus.

… William Ericson, 25 March, 2006 - 12:22am