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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Megasternini » Cryptopleurum » Cryptopleurum subtile
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brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 7, 2006
Size: about 2 mm
Found in cluster of mushrooms that were a slimy, squishy, rotting mess.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 21 October, 2006 - 9:38pm
Last updated 23 April, 2012 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptopleurum.
… Jim McClarin, 23 October, 2006 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphaeridiinae.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

Cryptopleurum
It is an Hydrophilidae, probably genus Cryptopleurum.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 21 October, 2006 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
There are two spp. on New Hampshire list:
Cryptopleurum min*utum
Cryptopleurum subt*ile

Thanks. I've moved these images to genus level.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
C. subtile?
From Downie & Arnett Cryptopleurum, this one appears to key directly to C. subtile.

C. subtile - pronotum w/ fine longitudinal lines and fine putcutures; scutellum impunctate, finely and longitudinally groved in middle

C. (everything else) - pronotum punctures coarse, scutellum puncatate

from your second photo the scutellum appears to have a grove and match the rest of the C. subtile description
… Tim Moyer, 23 October, 2006 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice work, Tim!
Having its features match this species confirms Pierre-Marc's Cryptopleurum genus ID as well. Moving to species page :-)
… Jim McClarin, 23 October, 2006 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

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