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Blapstinus fortis
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Copyright © 2006
Machele White
Beetle -
Blapstinus fortis
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
January 3, 2006
Size: 7mm
I find these on the underside of dried up bananna peels. Chilled and released.
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Contributed by
Machele White
on 6 January, 2006 - 6:25am
Last updated 16 March, 2024 - 5:14pm
Moved
Moved from
Blapstinus
.
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v belov
, 16 March, 2024 - 5:14pm
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Moved
Moved from
Darkling Beetles
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Boris Büche
, 2 April, 2007 - 6:06am
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Opatrinae
you can sort of make out the notch on the front of the "face"(in second photo). Given the locality, this is probably Blapstinus. One of the characters for this genus is that the eye is completely divided into two by the canthus (visible in second photo as well).
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kanchan
, 21 December, 2006 - 12:18am
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Tenebrionid, perhaps Alphitobius laevigatus
Looks like a Tenebrionid. Looking at
this page
of
Darkling Beetles of Florida
. The
PDF versions
you can download are very handy--they have multiple images laid out on the pages. Looking at that, the
Black Fungus Beetle
,
Alphitobius laevigatus
, length 5.0-6.5 mm, looks close, and it says "Habitat: Many kinds of dried materials".
Perhaps Eric Eaton, or another beetle guru, will confirm or refute this.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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Cotinis
, 6 January, 2006 - 8:47am
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Thank you
very much for the links, I especially like the definitions, very helpful for someone like me.
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Machele White
, 7 January, 2006 - 4:43am
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Certainly Tenebrionid, but
I can't place it right now, but it isn't Alphitobius laevigatus - compare the eyes and look especially at the elytra - A. laevigatus is evenly covered with minute punctures, the striae faintly impressed. This one doesn't have the even punctures, the intervals are obviously convex, separated by rows of coarse punctures.
That Florida website is really good.
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 6 January, 2006 - 5:28pm
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