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small beetle on fungus - Hallomenus scapularis
Copyright © 2009 Joyce Gross

small beetle on fungus - Hallomenus scapularis
Pack Forest (near Eatonville), Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 10, 2009
Size: ~3mm
I only got this one shot of this beetle. It was walking around on a polypore fungus. Not sure how far it can be identified (I'm not sure of the family) but it looks similar to these beetles.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 15 July, 2009 - 3:20pm
Last updated 16 July, 2009 - 12:40pm

from Darren Pollock:
"It certainly appears to be Hallomenus scapularis; the genus deserve serious revisionary work. Claude Chantal had started it some years ago, but apparently, he has abandoned it... Anyway, I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Nice picture, too!"

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 16 July, 2009 - 12:40pm

 
thanks
for tracking this down, v (and thanks to Darren Pollock).
… Joyce Gross, 16 July, 2009 - 4:55pm

nice one; suspect melandryid [??Hallomenus]
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… v belov, 16 July, 2009 - 12:04am

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