Odd Beetle, Ptilodactylidae, maybe? - Ptilodactyla

I agree.

I would agree with your identification. Really nice image, too!

… Eric R. Eaton, 24 June, 2005 - 4:11pm

Image #4

I'll be posting my own Ptilodacylidae pics, I was hoping I'd be the first to add this family, oh well. Great shots!
Will Chatfield-Taylor

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 November, 2005 - 10:37pm

Thanks, Eric

Thanks, Eric. I will move him to the Ptilodactylidae pages, where he becomes individual number three!

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com

… Stephen_WV, 24 June, 2005 - 4:35pm

Ptilodactyla sp.

Downie & Arnett say there are two genera in Northeastern North America, Ptilodactyla and Anchytarsus. This can't be the latter because Anchytarsus never has pectinate nor even serrate antennae.

Some traits of Ptilodactyla, from the same source: appendages are paler than the rest of the beetle; antennae have basal process on segments 4-10; the pronotum is granulate-punctate; basal margin of pronotum has "teeth." Often collected at lights.(1)

Making a Ptilodactyla page and moving this image there.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com

… Stephen_WV, 19 February, 2006 - 4:35am