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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Hairy Fungus Beetles (Mycetophagidae) » Mycetophagus » subgenus Mycetophagus (Mycetophagus subgenus Mycetophagus) » Mycetophagus punctatus
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Tiny beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus
Copyright © 2008 Jerry Armstrong

Tiny beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: about 2 -3 mm
I didn't notice the colors until I viewed it in the camera. Very tiny little guy. Any help with ID would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 30 August, 2008 - 12:04am
Last updated 7 May, 2012 - 6:35pm

Moved
Moved from Hairy Fungus Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 December, 2008 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Mycetophagidae
Check Litargus.
… Michael C. Thomas, 31 August, 2008 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I appreciate you looking into this beetle, but I'm still somewhat puzzled. In my image the central black markings do not meet whereas in Litargus they do. The only one I can find that has a similar pattern and coloration is Mycetophagus punctatus, but the sizes are different. My size estimate could very well be wrong as it was only a visual estimate.
… Jerry Armstrong, 1 September, 2008 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Litargus
was a possibility; it could be Mycetophagus but it seems awfully small for that genus. There are quite a few species of Litargus and I wouldn't tie everything to color pattern.
… Michael C. Thomas, 3 September, 2008 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
i'd still say, M. punctatus
i think the size could've been underestimated a bit (like, by 1.5 mm)
… v belov, 15 December, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

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