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Copyright © 2006 tom murray

tenebrionid - Neatus tenebrioides

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 5, 2006
Size: 11.5mm

Found a few of these beetles under bark on a big old pine log.

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tenebrionid - Neatus tenebrioides

tenebrionid - Neatus tenebrioides

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Contributed by tom murray on 5 March, 2006 - 7:06pm
Last updated 6 March, 2006 - 8:46pm

Uloma ???

I would go with Neatus tenebroides myself.

… Donald S. Chandler, 6 March, 2006 - 6:24pm

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Neatus tenebroides

Thanks for the species Donald. It looks just like the one from the UFL site, same size, shape, and color, but it doesn't have the 2 dimples in the pronotum. Does that matter?

… tom murray, 6 March, 2006 - 8:52pm

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the dimples

While the gestalt of the beetle said "Neatus", I also googled Neatus to be sure and came up with two decent images, the UFL had obvious dimples, and the other one did not. When I have time to get to the collection for some personal amusement, I will double-check the degree of "dimpleness" in this species for our area. Uloma usually has the punctures on the pronotum even and distinct across the disc, while Neatus is comparatively smooth across the disc and roughly textured near the lateral margins (as in your nice photos).

… Donald S. Chandler, 8 March, 2006 - 7:31pm

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Thanks Don

for all the info on this identification.

… tom murray, 8 March, 2006 - 8:38pm

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the "dimples"

Only one of our 50 or so specimens had distinct dimples. Apparently the dimpled form is very rare up our way - can't say about Florida.

… Donald S. Chandler, 13 March, 2006 - 8:22pm

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Neat!

I'll check through my pix of "Uloma" and see if any might be Neatus.

… Jim McClarin, 6 March, 2006 - 8:12pm

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The other Uloma look OK

Jim:
The other Uloma look OK. The pronotal disc is evenly and distinctly punctate.

… Donald S. Chandler, 8 March, 2006 - 7:34pm

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Thank you, Don.

I can see the difference now.

… Jim McClarin, 8 March, 2006 - 7:40pm

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Uloma

I'd say.

… Jim McClarin, 5 March, 2006 - 7:16pm

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Thanks Jim

Moved to the Uloma page.

… tom murray, 5 March, 2006 - 7:26pm

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