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small brown beetle - Cryptophilus seriatus

Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
March 12, 2020
Size: ca. 3 mm

Found on compost bin.

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

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

Cryptophagus? Typhaea??

too blurry for an id

… v belov, 13 March, 2020 - 9:39am

that was my first thought too

thanks
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… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2020 - 10:34am

or...

how about Cryptophilus seriatus?

… Blaine Mathison, 13 March, 2020 - 10:35am

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

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