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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Prosterninae » Pityobiini » Pityobius » Bipectinate Click Beetle (Pityobius anguinus)
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Beetle - Pityobius anguinus
Copyright © 2004 Bill Johnson

Beetle - Pityobius anguinus
Pine River, Cass County, Minnesota, USA
July 16, 2004
I've been having a hard time trying to ID this critter. The feathery antennae seem quite distinctive, but I just haven't been able to track it down. Anyone have any ID for it? Thanks.
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 30 September, 2006 - 1:40pm
Last updated 23 January, 2008 - 10:52am

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 23 January, 2008 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

Pityobius anguinus
Based on comparison with material in the Wagner/Scott Collection. There are only two species in the genus Pityobius, and the other species is western and has a more domed pronotum.
… Dennis Haines, 22 January, 2008 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

If someone tried to ID to species,
it might help to have the size. Can you do a threadcount on the fabric? That's what I do to measure some of my mo*th sheet subjects.
… Jim McClarin, 1 October, 2006 - 2:48am login or register to post comments

 
This specimen, shot in the wi
This specimen, shot in the wild, just happened to end up in my collection, and I just measured it - from end to end without antennae, 1 and 1/8 inches long. Hope that helps. The antenneae, by themselves, are just a hair over 1/4 inch long.
… Bill Johnson, 1 October, 2006 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

Actually a ,,,,
Click Beetle (Elateridae) like this - not sure exactly which sp.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 30 September, 2006 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Phillip. I did want
Thanks, Phillip. I did want to say 'Click Beetle', but the antennae were throwing me off.
… Bill Johnson, 30 September, 2006 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

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