Byrrhodes ??? - Byrrhodes

Moved

Moved from Beetles.

… John R. Maxwell, 7 July, 2008 - 11:43am

ID trial

Short tarsi and lateral striae on elytra indicate this is a Dorcatominae Anobiid. I read over the Fall (1905) monography of the family to find out, in which genera a striped pubescence maybe is found. Unfortunately, there was no note of such a pubescence pattern, but it was possible to exclude all genera but Byrrhodes, some species of which have smooth bands instead of elytral striae (I think I can see them here near base).
Though hairs always are inserted within punctures, it seems likely that vestiture appears striped when complete. The heavily abraded type of Byrrhodes tristriatus does not show this feature, but your beetle may be that species nontheless.
The second sp. in question, B.incomptus, is smaller, and its type specimen is in better condition, so banded pubescence should be visible.

… Boris Büche, 4 July, 2008 - 2:45pm

Collection

Maybe if I see another it would be good to collect for a more detailed examination?

… John R. Maxwell, 7 July, 2008 - 11:50am

sure! please, please do!

it's a very interesting beetle. Thanks!

… v belov, 7 July, 2008 - 12:06pm

thanx for the job!

i've also looked at some Byrrhodes pics [the name sounds very suggestive indeed] but couldn't decide pro or contra. in terms of body outline, tristriatus is a plausible match, but that's not enough :-[

… v belov, 4 July, 2008 - 3:03pm

Maybe something like

Byrrhodes intermedius? (seems to be common in my area) http://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?taxon=238265&location[]=NJ

… John R. Maxwell, 10 September, 2013 - 7:20am

Thanks

to both of you. It looks like there was an agreement on Byrrhodes so I moved here for now.

… John R. Maxwell, 7 July, 2008 - 11:45am

my first idea was...

it's a byrrhid. but it's way too small for the ones who, to my knowledge, have this kind of pubescence.
a dorcatomine anobiid is another possibility. a ventral view would be crucial for me to decide. i don't know much about NA fauna. lovely anyway.

… v belov, 27 June, 2008 - 11:40pm

Thanks

for your help. Next time I see one of these I know what to photograph. This may end up in Frass, but there will probably be more.

… John R. Maxwell, 28 June, 2008 - 7:17am

don't frass

nice bug, nice pics. pls keep it till someone more familiar with local spp takes a look at it. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS MORE THAN YOU DO

… v belov, 28 June, 2008 - 7:59am

But I do want to know a lot :-) , I just assumed I messed up on the picure series - not getting the correct angles. Every new bug needs different views, so each encounter is always more fruitful than the last. Maybe the coloring is unique enough that it isn't hopeless. I was afraid it would end up as generic "small beetle" not even to family, but let's see!

… John R. Maxwell, 28 June, 2008 - 9:01am

no, the shots are perfect -- i mean it.

… v belov, 28 June, 2008 - 9:45am