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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema americana
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small tenebrionid - Platydema americana
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small tenebrionid - Platydema americana
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 26, 2006
Size: 5.5mm
Platydema sp.?
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 March, 2006 - 7:59pm
Last updated 7 May, 2009 - 8:58am

Moved
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 7 May, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Platydema sp.
If it is about 6 mm, black, and found under bark, Platydema is always a good bet.
… Donald S. Chandler, 4 April, 2006 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Don
I thought it was a Platydema, but it looked slimmer than the other pictures, probably just a different species in the genus.
The way you're going, I won't have any unidentified beetles in bugguide. :-)
… tom murray, 5 April, 2006 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

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