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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Fire-Colored Beetles (Pyrochroidae) » Pedilinae » Pedilus » Pedilus lugubris
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Beetle to ID - Pedilus lugubris - male
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Beetle to ID - Pedilus lugubris - Male
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 8, 2005
Size: 6-8 mm
Southeastern PA
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 May, 2005 - 3:42pm
Last updated 9 April, 2021 - 12:52pm

Thanks,
Moved from Pedilus.
This one has been waiting for a long time.
… Beatriz Moisset, 14 January, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Pedilus lugubris (Say)
This is an adult male of Pedilus lugubris (Say). The color is not particularly diagnostic (although helpful), but the form of the elytral impressions is quite diagnostic.
- Dan Young, University of Wisconsin
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 14 January, 2009 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Pedilus sp.
This is a species of Pedilus in the family Pyrochroidae. They are "cantharidiphiles(?)," meaning they seek out other beetles that possess the chemical cantharidin (like blister beetles). They will actively feed on squashed Meloidae and similar beetles in order to sequester the cantharidin. We have one image somewhere of a pair of Pedilus actually hitchhiking on a live meloid!
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 May, 2005 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again
It looks like you are working overtime now that you got back from the bug fair.
… Beatriz Moisset, 31 May, 2005 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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