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Beetle - Arthromacra aenea
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Beetle - Arthromacra aenea
Hemlock Bluffs, Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
June 16, 2005
Is this a type of Darkling Beetle?

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Contributed by volcano on 17 June, 2005 - 12:18pm
Last updated 19 May, 2006 - 6:59pm

Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae: Anthromacra aenea
Only one, easily recognized species in the genus for North America.
… Donald S. Chandler, 13 February, 2006 - 6:18pm

 
perhaps A. robinsoni
A recent work, as well as one from 1975 lists three species for the Southeastern US. Similar beetles I have seen in Durham and Guilford counties seem to key to A. robinsoni, which is, perhaps, the common species in the NC Piedmont. See discussion at:

… Cotinis, 23 February, 2023 - 8:56am

Tenebrionidae.
Your identification is correct. These were formerly in the family Lagriidae (long-jointed bark beetles), but are now lumped with the darkling beetles. The l-o-o-ng terminal antennal segment is distinctive.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 June, 2005 - 4:11pm

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