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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Sand-loving Scarab Beetles (Ochodaeidae) » Xenochodaeus » Xenochodaeus musculus
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Eastern Ochodaeidae? - Xenochodaeus musculus
Copyright © 2013 CT

Eastern Ochodaeidae? - Xenochodaeus musculus
Beltsville, College Park County, Maryland, USA
May 14, 2013
Size: 6mm
Collected in a farm blacklight trap. I am not aware of any species in this family this far northeast, but it looks 'Ochodaeidish' with the color, the size, the mandibles prominently pointing forward and a serrate mesotibial spur.

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Contributed by CT on 14 May, 2013 - 3:57pm
Last updated 15 May, 2013 - 11:59am

ID confirmed by MJ Paulsen
Moved from Sand-loving Scarab Beetles.
… v belov, 15 May, 2013 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

excellent find!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 May, 2013 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Sweet!
It's pretty tedious picking through the piles of carabids and scarabs we get in these blacklight traps to do BMSB and ECB counts but we occasionally get something cool like this that makes it feel like a treasure hunt. Are there any Ochodaeid species that occur in the Midatlantic that are just rarely seen or is this a possible range expansion for a more southeastern species?
… CT, 14 May, 2013 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
this one ranges into Ontario
click the Info tab
… v belov, 15 May, 2013 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

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