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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soft-bodied Plant Beetles (Artematopodidae) » Brevipogon » Brevipogon confusus
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Chinese Camp '72 - Brevipogon confusus
Copyright © 2017 Jerry Wilson

Chinese Camp '72 - Brevipogon confusus
Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County, California, USA
June 29, 1972
Size: 5.0 mm
Ptinidae?

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Contributed by Jerry Wilson on 4 July, 2017 - 12:23pm
Last updated 25 December, 2017 - 2:10pm

Moved, Brevipogon confusus look good!
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 25 December, 2017 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

doesn't look like a ptinid relative... Ptylodactylid?
… v belov, 4 July, 2017 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Much more interesting than a
Much more interesting than a Ptilodactylid. I think it's Brevipogon, Artemotopodidae. Not many collections of that in existence. At light?
… Michael Caterino, 4 July, 2017 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Surprise
It certainly does look like: http://bugguide.net/node/view/494702

No, not at lights (I always label those). Unfortunately it was so many years ago . . . I did a lot of sweeping with a beating net back then -- which further makes sense for this potential i.d. Thanks, Michael. Fingers crossed . . .
… Jerry Wilson, 4 July, 2017 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Ptylodactylidae
I didn't think Ptylodactylids could be this large. Hope B.G. can confirm.
… Jerry Wilson, 4 July, 2017 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
size fine for Ptilodactylidae...
can we see the scutellum or a generally more straight dorsal shot?
… Blaine Mathison, 4 July, 2017 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Scutellum
Blaine, I hope this latest try at a scutellum close-up will suffice. I'm excited to think this may be a new family in my collection.
… Jerry Wilson, 20 August, 2017 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
re-shoot
Thanks, Blaine. I'll re-shoot the dorsal view in about an hour.
… Jerry Wilson, 4 July, 2017 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

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