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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Melandryinae » Melandryini » Melandrya » Melandrya striata
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false darkling, fam. Melandrydae? - Melandrya striata
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

false darkling, fam. Melandrydae? - Melandrya striata
Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
May 15, 2004
Size: 10 - 15 mm?
Taken on surface of log at night.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 11 May, 2005 - 5:05am
Last updated 10 March, 2015 - 8:24am

Melandrya striata Say 1824
Jim-

I believe this is Melandrya striata, the only species in the genus (in the strict sense) in North America. Not a terribly common beetle!

cheers
… Zack Falin, 11 May, 2005 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
elytral sides parallel
Thanks for the ID tip Zack. I notice the elytral sides are more parallel in mine than in the specimen pictured on Cedar Creek's site. From what I can see, the pronotum is a close match however. Could this be a regional or sexual difference?
… Jim McClarin, 11 May, 2005 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

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