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Arthromacra robinsoni - male

Arthromacra robinsoni - Male
Hwy 55 and Sedwick, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 11, 2005
Size: 8 mm
Found at a lighted wall at night, captured and posed. Body length measured at 8 mm (corrected).

Brimley, Insects of North Carolina, p. 193, (1) lists only A. robinsoni for the Piedmont of North Carolina, whis is where Durham is. I can find no illustrations of that species, and few references to it. So this is possibly either A. aenea or A. robinsoni, based on published ranges. (See update below.)
Image updated 6/3/21.

(See comments below. Image updated from another in the series 1/1/23.)
Note 1/1/2023. ID updated. Likely Arthromacra robinsoni. (New species for the Guide, Woo-hoo!) See guide page and discussion at:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81509173 as well as key and descriptions in Ciegler (2).
ID updated 1/2/23 after careful reading of keys and descriptions!
Also, it is a male, based on long apical antennal segment shown in Leng's original description.

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Moved--2023 update to 2005 observation
Moved from Arthromacra aenea.
Had quite the discussion on similar beetles from NC Piedmont on iNaturalist, where it was thought to be Arthromacra appalachiana. However the antennae and range do not match details given by references. I looked at Ciegler's key (1) carefully, plus an earlier key for the genus (Parsons, 1975). Everything lines up with Arthromacra robinsoni, a new species for BugGuide and iNaturalist. Also, this is what I thought it might be back in 2005 when I posted it, based on specimens reported in Brimley (1925). A long road to correction!

 
Great work!
Very nice work in teasing these apart and shining some light on this genus and species!

Moved
Moved from Arthromacra. I guess the species ID was pretty certain. (And thanks for tip on spelling, Eric.)

Anthromacra aenea
This is Anthromacra aenea, a member of the family Tenebrionidae, subfamily Lagriinae (formerly placed at family level as Lagriidae).

 
Arthromacra.
Misspelled here. Genus is actually "Arthromacra."

 
Many thanks!
OK, I had the family wrong--no wonder I couldn't find it. I should have noticed those odd antennae--not Chrysomelid-like.

I've moved this to the genus level. I see listings for theree species in my area. (Unless you have more on identification handy?)

Thanks again.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina