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Mycetophagus pluripunctatus
Photo#149788
Copyright © 2007
Cotinis
Mycetophagus pluripunctatus
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 29, 2007
Size: 4mm
Collected under bark by
Martin Hauser
.
Part of a Bioblitz at Mason Farm Biological Reserve.
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Contributed by
Cotinis
on 2 October, 2007 - 7:28pm
Last updated 13 February, 2021 - 9:09pm
Moved
Moved from
subgenus Ilendus
.
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v belov
, 24 April, 2019 - 1:38am
i'm pretty sure this is the old common M. pluripunctatus --
...or something in that subgenus at the very least; no member of the nominate subgenus has such an elongate habitus, with pronotum widest this close to the mid-length [those s.str. are stocky kind]
Moved from
Mycetophagus serrulatus
.
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v belov
, 3 December, 2012 - 3:07pm
Moved--thanks
Moved from
Mycetophagus pluripunctatus
. Thanks for the correction, Don!
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Cotinis
, 15 April, 2008 - 11:10am
Mycetophagus serrulatae
would be my id.The antennal club is indistinct/more clavate, while in M. plurip*unctatus the antennal club is distinct and formed by the apical 5 antennomeres. The color patterns are somewhat similar, with serrulatae not quite so light - with a greater amount of dark markings.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 15 April, 2008 - 9:32am
Moved
Moved from
Mycetophagus
.
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Cotinis
, 4 October, 2007 - 6:01am
what do you think of . . .
this species
?
My greetings to Martin, whom I know from his German times!
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Boris Büche
, 4 October, 2007 - 2:50am
Hi Boris
still could not find your email... Just email me (Phycus(at)gmail.com
Have not heard from you in a long time....
Love your SE-Asian beetle page!
Martin
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Martin Hauser
, 4 November, 2007 - 10:37am
Mycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856
Yes, that sure looks good--excellent find. The notation on the Harvard record says:
Southern States; Gulf States; Va., N.C., S.C., easternTenn.?, Ga., Ala., Miss., Fla., Ark?, La
None of the other types imaged at Harvard look close, of course it is a large genus.
Mycetophagus pluripunctatus is also listed as collected by Brimley, p. 182
(
1
)
from Raleigh (December) and Retreat (June).
Excellent--I'm satisfied enough to move it to a guide.
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Cotinis
, 4 October, 2007 - 6:00am
Mycetophagus sp.
a Mycetophagid. The head and pronotum are a bit deflexed/out-of-focus, or I might have hazarded a guess.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 2 October, 2007 - 10:02pm
Thanks very much
Thank you. It looks different from any
Mycetophagus
we have at the moment, but there are plenty of them.
If I have a shot showing the head better, I will add it.
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Cotinis
, 3 October, 2007 - 4:25am
Slightly better focus
I don't know if this helps--this show had better focus on the pronotum, at least:
Thanks again for your help.
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Cotinis
, 3 October, 2007 - 8:52am