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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Spider Beetles (Ptininae) » Ptinini » Pseudeurostus » Pseudeurostus kelleri
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Ptinidae...doesn't seem to key out well - Pseudeurostus kelleri
Copyright © 2015 Kevin Hinson

Ptinidae...doesn't seem to key out well - Pseudeurostus kelleri
Larimer County, Colorado, USA
July 7, 2011
Size: ~3 mm
collected in pitfall trap

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Ptinidae...doesn't seem to key out well - Pseudeurostus kelleri Ptinidae...doesn't seem to key out well - Pseudeurostus kelleri
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Contributed by Kevin Hinson on 2 June, 2015 - 12:21pm
Last updated 19 August, 2015 - 10:58am

Moved
Moved from Ptinini.
… v belov, 19 August, 2015 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

this group is tough and still poorly understood
not sure about genus, you'll probably have to send the material to a specialist, getting a good id from these pics is unlikely

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 June, 2015 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Who would you suggest that I
Who would you suggest that I send these to?
… Kevin Hinson, 6 August, 2015 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
that's... a really tough question
they will probably have to wait some time
it doesn't seem that the species-level taxonomy of the nearctic ptinines receives any attention at this point

i'm very fond of this group and will do my best trying
… v belov, 18 August, 2015 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually, I got an ID from Ke
Actually, I got an ID from Keith Philips just a few days ago. This is Pseudeurostus kelleri. Here are his comments about collecting them: "I collect material (dung and detritus) and put a bit in a light colored plastic bowl and try and spot the adults. The adults play dead for various lengths of time- so you may not see any moving. Winkler or Berlaise extraction works easily too with this type of material."
… Kevin Hinson, 18 August, 2015 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you so much again, Kevin -- nice addition
i was under the impression Keith is too busy working on higher ptinine taxonomy -- so happy he came up with a species name this time!

having two spp. in the genus, both with 7-letter patronymic epithets ending in -lleri is bound to confuse
… v belov, 19 August, 2015 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I have about a dozen
Thanks. I have about a dozen so far, probably with more on the way.
… Kevin Hinson, 11 June, 2015 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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