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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Sap, Bark and Fungus Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Xenoscelinae » Cryptophilus » Cryptophilus seriatus
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small brown beetle - Cryptophilus seriatus
Copyright © 2020 Brian Stewart

small brown beetle - Cryptophilus seriatus
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
March 12, 2020
Size: ca. 3 mm
Found on compost bin.
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Contributed by Brian Stewart on 12 March, 2020 - 9:09pm
Last updated 13 March, 2020 - 12:31pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2020 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

Moving here for more visibility.
Looks familiar but I cannot immediate place it. You can start in Tenebrionoidea or Cucujoidea.

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2020 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Cryptophagus? Typhaea??
too blurry for an id
… v belov, 13 March, 2020 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
that was my first thought too
thanks
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… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2020 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
or...
how about Cryptophilus seriatus?
… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2020 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
This ID seems promising.
The light colored "epaulettes" on the elytra are universal to these small beetles, which I have seen daily for the past three days on the compost bin. Cryptophilus seriatus looks most like these beetles. I'll try to move one to better light to get a sharper photo.
… Brian Stewart, 13 March, 2020 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

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