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Trogoderma sp? - Trogoderma ballfinchae
Copyright © 2021 Rick Buss

Trogoderma sp? - Trogoderma ballfinchae
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
August 9, 2021
Size: 2.9 mm
This beetle showed up on some extra Boletus edulis we had gathered for eating. I'm not sure if it was attracted to the mushroom or was just accidental. I've never gotten a Trogoderma with this sort of antennae, although there are several in North America. I don't have access to Beal. Anyone know what species this is? Flabellate antennae and all hair looks black, no patterns that I can discern.

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 13 August, 2021 - 5:51pm

wow! thanks a lot
Moved from Trogoderma.
… v belov, 13 August, 2021 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I saw that on Herrmann's site but had no supporting information.
… Rick Buss, 13 August, 2021 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Keys to T. ballfinchae
... in Beal 1956 (1) in two step:

1. "Dorsal pubescence unicolorous" (2)
2. "male antenna flabellate; female antenna pectinate" and not "female
antennal club compact; segments of antenna only very slightly eccentric in male"

It is rare.
… Edward L. Ruden, 21 January, 2022 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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