Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#199503
Hister Beetle - Dendrophilus

Hister Beetle - Dendrophilus
Horner Park, Richmond Hill (N43º52'19.4"W079º24'45.3"elev.197m), York Region, Ontario, Canada
July 6, 2008
Size: 3.3 mm
This Histerid was found in wood shavings beneath a sawed-off Pine trunk section next to the original pine stump.

Images of this individual: tag all
Hister Beetle - Dendrophilus Hister Beetle - Dendrophilus

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.

looks like Dendrophilus xavieri
here
I hope you've kept the beetle to compare -- may be another sp., and there's this light reflection on your pic where important striae arrangement is

 
yup
v is right. It's difficult to say. Need better view of 5th and sutural striae. There is possibility of 3, maybe 4, species. I have pulled the tails on most of my Dendrophilus.

We get 4 species here in WI. D. opacus so far is restricted to the southern part of the state. There might be a possibility of it ranging up your way.

 
Keyed this one too...
And it doesn't seem to be xavieri, since elytral stria 5 is indistinct (I tried to image that trait, but it's still hard to see - can't get the light reflection out). The punctation is quite coarse and dense, especially on the pygidium, so I'm leaning towards D. punctatus.

 
Scoped it
Elytral stria 5 is indistinct, and the pygidial punctation is coarse and dense. So it should be D. punctatus.

 
in my eurasian experience...
it isn't unusual to have a mix of 3 Dendrophilus spp in places like owl nests

 
nests
I haven't done a lot of nest sampling. I have, however, done a lot of treehole sampling. You get some pretty interesting things. A good many D. kiteleyi from treeholes. I don't think I've ever got more than 1 species in a sample.

 
Could be.
The CNC checklist lists Dendrophilus xavieri as an introduced species in Ontario. Let's see what Jeff thinks. I can do retakes if necessary.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.