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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Aderidae) » Emelinus » Emelinus melsheimeri
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ant-like leaf beetle - Emelinus melsheimeri - male
Copyright © 2018 Dave Webb

ant-like leaf beetle - Emelinus melsheimeri - Male
Webster Village, Harford County, Maryland, USA
July 29, 2018
Size: 2.1 mm
Attracted to MV lamp / blacklight left on overnight in rural residential neighborhood dominated by hardwoods (liriodendron, maple, oak, sweet gum). Antenna, size and zigzag pattern on elytra make me think perhaps Emelinus melsheimeri???
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Contributed by Dave Webb on 31 July, 2018 - 1:48pm
Last updated 21 June, 2021 - 8:00am

Moved
Moved from Ant-like Leaf Beetles.
… v belov, 7 October, 2018 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Curt Harden, 4 October, 2018 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

Emelinus melsheimeri male is similar.
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… Skip Blanchard, 1 August, 2018 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

 
A better suggestion
This is definitely closer than my suggestion...
… Ken Allison, 1 August, 2018 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
Yes, Ken. Members of the genus Ptilinus range from 3-6 mm, whereas this beetle is only 2.1 mm. Plus this beetle has larger hind femora than those in Ptilinus.
… Dave Webb, 1 August, 2018 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

Death-watch Beetle?
The antennae make me think of some of the death-watch beetles in the Ptilinae.
… Ken Allison, 1 August, 2018 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

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