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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Plate-thigh Beetles (Eucinetidae) » Eucinetus » Eucinetus morio
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Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae) ??? - Eucinetus morio
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae) ??? - Eucinetus morio
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 2, 2009
Size: ~ 8-9 mm
Found under the bark of a tree. Can I have any chance to get a genus/species ID?

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Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae) ??? - Eucinetus morio Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae) ??? - Eucinetus morio Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae) ??? - Eucinetus morio Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae) ??? - Eucinetus morio
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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 2 April, 2009 - 7:05pm
Last updated 2 April, 2009 - 8:14pm

Thanks, v and Skip!
My guess is far from the reality. :(
… WonGun Kim, 3 April, 2009 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

You're right!
I cannot confirm morio but the evidence for Eucinetus (if I had been more careful) is there to be seen. I guess I was too eager to find something that fit the size estimate better.
… Skip Blanchard, 2 April, 2009 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

You're right!
I cannot confirm morio but the evidence (if I had been more careful) is there to be seen. Does make one wonder about the size estimate, though.
… Skip Blanchard, 2 April, 2009 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

I vote for Eustrophopsis bicolor
It agrees better with the size estimate, too.
… Skip Blanchard, 2 April, 2009 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
that was my first impression, too, BUT:
[1] WonGun knows the eustrophines (posted a pic recently) and, with his good eye, wouldn't make such a mistake;
[2] I can't see here enough detail, but i do see strigose elytra highly typical for eucinetids
[3] body/pronotum outline is distinctive, antennae too thin for a eustrophine
[4] conclusive argument: metacoxal plates perfectly seen here:
Bottomline: I'm pretty sure this is Eucinetus morio LeConte 1853
… v belov, 2 April, 2009 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Eucinetus morio LeConte
Agreed: this is definitely Eucinetus morio LeConte.
… Christopher Majka, 20 April, 2010 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

can't be this big
i'm thinking Eucinetus
… v belov, 2 April, 2009 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

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