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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Hairy Fungus Beetles (Mycetophagidae) » Mycetophagus » subgenus Mycetophagus (Mycetophagus subgenus Mycetophagus) » Mycetophagus californicus
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Not sure? - Mycetophagus californicus
Copyright © 2018 Gary Griswold

Not sure? - Mycetophagus californicus
3 miles SSE Enumclaw, King County, Washington, USA
July 30, 2018
Size: ~ 4.3 mm
Came to U.V. Light trap. Thinking this Tenebrionid? Confirmation, correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Not sure? - Mycetophagus californicus Not sure? - Mycetophagus californicus Not sure? - Mycetophagus californicus
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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 1 August, 2018 - 2:06pm
Last updated 24 November, 2018 - 6:45am

Moved tentatively; key it out, must be easy
Moved from Hairy Fungus Beetles.
… v belov, 24 November, 2018 - 6:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Gary Griswold, 2 August, 2018 - 4:13am login or register to post comments

Mycetophagus sp.
maybe M. californicus? Nothing from WA yet in the Guide
… Blaine Mathison, 1 August, 2018 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

 
M. californicus is matching up
well in Hatch's Beetles of the Pacific NW. Will wait for an expert final OK. Was surprised it being Mycetophagid, somehow don't cross my mind.
Thanks Blaine...
… Gary Griswold, 2 August, 2018 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

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