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Orange-spotted melandryid - Holostrophus bifasciatus
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

Orange-spotted melandryid - Holostrophus bifasciatus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 5, 2005
Size: 5 mm
Under bark of rotting conifer log.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 May, 2005 - 9:42am
Last updated 3 January, 2006 - 5:59am

I've added a photo
but I'm not sure the view is any different. In the future, for beetles of unknown family in particular, I'll have to try for side and ventral views as well.
… Jim McClarin, 8 November, 2005 - 5:15am login or register to post comments

Melandryidae
Definitely. The only other candidate would be Mycetophagidae, but it's not hairy, and the antennal club is too gradual.
… Doug Yanega, 2 November, 2005 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Melandryidae: Eustrophinae: Holostrophus bifasciatus
Finally got around to checking for the name of this distinctive beetle. Uncommon in NH.
… Donald S. Chandler, 1 January, 2006 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Tetratomidae: Eustrophinae: Holostrophus bifasciatus
As mentioned for the Eustrophopsis, this subfamily was placed in the Tetratomidae when the Melandryidae was split up. I finally caught up to that fact.
… Donald S. Chandler, 2 January, 2006 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Tetratomidae
Thank you Don. I've moved images.
… Jim McClarin, 3 January, 2006 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Don.
If I run across it in my preserved specimens I'll send it along since it's uncommon here.
… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2006 - 1:54am login or register to post comments

 
Much thanks again!
Moving to family level in guide.
… Jim McClarin, 2 November, 2005 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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