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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Erotylidae) » Xenoscelinae » Cryptophilus » Cryptophilus obliteratus
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light humerals - Cryptophilus obliteratus
Copyright © 2009 Tim Moyer

light humerals - Cryptophilus obliteratus
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
April 25, 2009
Size: 2.8mm
Cryptophagidae - suggestions welcome :)

came to UV light

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light humerals - Cryptophilus obliteratus light humerals - Cryptophilus obliteratus
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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 20 May, 2009 - 11:59am
Last updated 13 December, 2016 - 10:30pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptophilus.
… v belov, 13 December, 2016 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

looks like C. obliteratus Rtt. (E Asian sp. adventive in Europe)
i'll try to find out if this sp had been intercepted or otherwise recorded in NA
… v belov, 12 December, 2016 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Jens Esser agrees
no prior records of this sp. in NA, it seems (i checked with Rick Hoebeke)
… v belov, 13 December, 2016 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cryptophilus.
… v belov, 20 May, 2009 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

D&A key & descr. make no sense... :-/
Moved from Silken Fungus Beetles.
… v belov, 20 May, 2009 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks v,
guess I need to learn my fungus beetles better (hairy, silken, and pleasing).
… Tim Moyer, 20 May, 2009 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
you make it sound dirty
:-]
… v belov, 20 May, 2009 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

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