Small Fungus (?) Beetle - Dacne picta

Moved

Moved from Dacne.

… v belov, 24 December, 2018 - 6:59pm

Moved, based on comments below

Moved from Beetles.

… Curt Harden, 24 December, 2018 - 6:46pm

if indeed an adventive one...

...then consider D. picta Crotch

… v belov, 15 August, 2018 - 5:17pm

From Paul Skelley:

"I received a call earlier this week about this same beast in New England. I NEED specimens, as it appears to be an exotic species of Dacne and specimens are the only way to be sure which species. The more the better. There are a couple very similar species known to be stored product pests, but until this week, I had no reports of them being found in the wild. "

I suggest you go collect them if you are willing. You can contact Paul Skelly via his email (just Google search him; he is with the Florida State Collection of Arthropods--I don't like posting emails here)!

Nice find!

… Blaine Mathison, 15 August, 2018 - 9:58am

Woah!

I was the one who contacted Paul earlier this week. My specimens were collected in a funnel trap in Brooklyn. I sent him some pics, but looks like I should send him the specimens. Pretty cool!

… Marc DiGirolomo, 15 August, 2018 - 5:26pm

Thanks Blaine :)

Sorry for small resolution pics. The forest location was very overgrown and dark necessitating the use of flash which made me shoot from a distance and zoom in digitally afterward. I posted two more pics with a bit more resolution noting that the last shot was taken on 7/27/18 and it may or may not be the same individuals. If I see them out again I will attempt to collect a specimen.

… Preston Chappell, 15 August, 2018 - 10:07am

Try Phymaphora pulchella (Endomychidae)

… Skip Blanchard, 15 August, 2018 - 8:55am

the color patterns are reversed though LOL

I considered an endomychid but the overall body plan pushed me more towards Erotylidae; Phymaphora spp. usually are more constricted at the elytral/pronotal juncture

… Blaine Mathison, 15 August, 2018 - 9:46am

maybe a Dacne?

these pics are small; can you submit larger and/or higher res?

… Blaine Mathison, 15 August, 2018 - 8:53am