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Photo#17051
Darkling Beetle? - Penthe pimelia

Darkling Beetle? - Penthe pimelia
Albany, New Hampshire, USA
May 10, 2005
Size: ~15mm

Images of this individual: tag all
Darkling Beetle? - Penthe pimelia Darkling Beetle? - Penthe pimelia

Yup, Penthe
It resembles Penthe obliquata right down to the orange antennal termini, but is missing obliquata's orange scutellum.

 
Velvety Bark Beetle - Penthe pimelia?
In the Penthe guide page, Patrick Coin has this exact one

Tetratomidae.
Recently split from the Melandryidae family. This is a species of Penthe.

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