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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Lymexyloidea » Lymexylidae » Melittomma » Chestnut Timberworm (Melittomma sericeum)
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Melittomma sericeum
Copyright © 2022 Tim Moyer

Melittomma sericeum
Medford, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 13, 2021
Size: 18mm
believe this very large Melandryidae is Serropalpus substriatus Corrections welcome :)

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 19 January, 2022 - 6:36pm
Last updated 20 June, 2025 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Serropalpus substriatus.
… Tim Moyer, 24 December, 2022 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Lymexylidae?
Not sure...something not quite right...consider a big female Melittomma???
… Frank Guarnieri, 24 December, 2022 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

 
yes
you must be right. Upon further examination, the antenna are all wrong for Melandryidae. Thanks for correcting this!
… Tim Moyer, 24 December, 2022 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

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