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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema americana
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Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: ~ 6 mm
Found under the bark of a rotting tree. Please help with ID.

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Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana Darkling beetle (Platydema sp.) - Platydema americana
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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 1 June, 2009 - 2:43pm
Last updated 17 February, 2011 - 6:09pm

Moved
Moved from Platydema subcostatum.
… v belov, 17 February, 2011 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved... with reservations
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 3 June, 2009 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

need closer look to see surface punctures...
...to see surface punctures on elytra and prosternum
must be same as but i'm starting to question that call, too (boils down to americanum vs subcostatum)
… v belov, 1 June, 2009 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

 
I added another image.
I did not adjust the size of the file for you to see the full size image.
… WonGun Kim, 2 June, 2009 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

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