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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Hairy Fungus Beetles (Mycetophagidae) » Mycetophagus » subgenus Mycetophagus (Mycetophagus subgenus Mycetophagus) » Mycetophagus flexuosus
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another species of hairy fungus beetle? - Mycetophagus flexuosus
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

another species of hairy fungus beetle? - Mycetophagus flexuosus
New Hampshire, USA
Size: 3.5 - 3.6mm in life
I suspect this was once a happy, carefree hairy fungus beetle, galloping across the woodland fungus patches, tossing its head in the breeze. (As you can see, the breeze was an ill-tempered one.)

This beetle has the same hair and color scheme as this one, but a different pattern, leading me to suspect same genus, different species

Collected in south-central New Hampshire, most likely in 2004. Recently extracted from pickling jar and shot Nov. 27, 2005.

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another species of hairy fungus beetle? - Mycetophagus flexuosus another species of hairy fungus beetle? - Mycetophagus flexuosus
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 2 December, 2005 - 6:01am
Last updated 27 March, 2017 - 10:10am

Mycetophagidae: Mycetophagus sp.
Yes, the other, smaller, strongly marked yellow and black species of Mycetophagus. Again, easy to put a name on if the collection was at hand, but I am at home.
… Donald S. Chandler, 2 December, 2005 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Mycetophagidae: Mycetophagus flexuosus
Not the usual color pattern, but M. flexuosus is the best fit.
… Donald S. Chandler, 16 February, 2006 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Don.
Images are now on M. flexuosus guide page.
… Jim McClarin, 16 February, 2006 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Good!
I've sent it to the genus page.
… Jim McClarin, 2 December, 2005 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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