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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Hololeptini » Hololepta » subgenus Leionota (Hololepta subgenus Leionota) » Hololepta quadridentata
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beetle - Hololepta quadridentata
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

beetle - Hololepta quadridentata
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
December 9, 2005
Size: 7mm,H-1.5mm
I found this dead little beetle about 6 inches from some old dried up fruit I have laying in the yard. It was very flat.

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beetle - Hololepta quadridentata beetle - Hololepta quadridentata
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Contributed by Machele White on 11 December, 2005 - 6:48am
Last updated 26 December, 2018 - 12:06am

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 26 December, 2018 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

Histeridae
is the family this one belongs in. Not fuit eaters, but might have been interested in larvae that were eating the fruit.
… Jim McClarin, 11 December, 2005 - 6:49am login or register to post comments

 
Hololepta
I agree, a Hister Beetle in the genus Hololepta. The flat size you mention is related to the habitat in which I usually find them: under bark.

Nice images!

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 11 December, 2005 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you,
Now thats fast service. There were also quite a few torn apart large millipedes surrounding the area, but yes plenty of flies, beetles, and hornets still visit.
… Machele White, 11 December, 2005 - 6:52am login or register to post comments

 
There could be glow worms there
I think glow worms feed exclusively on millipedes, so those millipede parts could indicate their presence.
… Jim McClarin, 11 December, 2005 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

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