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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Cryptophaginae » Cryptophagini » Henoticus » Henoticus pilifer
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small beetle - Henoticus pilifer
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small beetle - Henoticus pilifer
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 13, 2006
Size: 2.5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 13 April, 2006 - 11:53pm
Last updated 5 July, 2006 - 7:34am

looks alot like Cryptophilus...
Hi everyone,
I was looking at some of the Cryptophilus (Erotylidae: Xenoscelinae) photos, and they look very similar to this specimen. See this guy. Looks like it's also not uncommon to mix up Cryptophilus with Henoticus as in the post on this guy... Small beetles :-)

What do you think? Is Jens Esser still around to take a peek???
… Charlene Wood, 7 June, 2010 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
i concur, Cryptophilus looks like a much better match to me
Tom, is the specimen in UNH? or Don only saw the photo? (you, of all people, would know what kind of blunders i make even with much sharper pix :)
… v belov, 22 June, 2010 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
Jan Ciegler has pointed out...
...that the correct spelling of the name of the species suggested by Don is Henoticus mycetoecus (Park 1929)
… v belov, 19 April, 2014 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

Cryptophagidae: Henoticus mycetaeus
I think H. mycetaeus is correct.
… Donald S. Chandler, 3 July, 2006 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Species ID
Thanks Don for "getting serious" on this ID:-)
… tom murray, 5 July, 2006 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

Cryptophagidae
It is a crypto, maybe Henoticus. Would have to get serious to place it to genus with confidence, and cryptos are not high on my "serious list."
… Donald S. Chandler, 14 April, 2006 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Seriously:-)
The id to family is fine with me. It's a lot better than the big ? that I had. Thanks Don.
… tom murray, 14 April, 2006 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

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