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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Cucujid series » Silken Fungus Beetles (Cryptophagidae) » Atomariinae » Atomariini » Atomaria » subgenus Atomaria (Atomaria subgenus Atomaria) » Atomaria atrata

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Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small beetle - Atomaria atrata

Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 9, 2006
Size: 1.7mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 April, 2006 - 9:22pm
Last updated 22 April, 2012 - 12:07pm

Atomaria atrata Reitter --det. C. Johnson

Moved from Atomaria patens.

… v belov, 22 April, 2012 - 12:07pm

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Thanks =v=

Moved from Atomaria.

… tom murray, 2 May, 2009 - 2:00pm

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suspect A. patens (Casey)

based on D&A

… v belov, 2 May, 2009 - 1:44pm

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A. wollastoni Sharp?

Hi, could this be Atomaria wollastoni Sharp rather? The specimen does fit A. patens in Casey's original description, but the darker coloration at the apex and middle of the basal 1/3 of the elytra seems to correspond with A. wollastoni, based on the Atomariinae of Atlantic Canada .

… Charlene Wood, 22 September, 2009 - 5:42pm

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Moved

Moved from Caenoscelis.

… tom murray, 29 November, 2006 - 7:56pm

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Rather: Atomaria

Hi Tom!

Don pointed in the right direction, but the characters he points out are not decisisive. Close antennal bases and long first segment of them we find in many Atomaria also.
In Caenoscelis, the pronotum is sulcate laterally, and relatively flat, while it is more convex and only finely margined in Atomaria (of course, not very clear on the picture). The strong dorsal luster and rough puncturation of the elytra, however, also indicates Atomaria.

regards, Boris

… Boris Büche, 28 November, 2006 - 9:49am

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Cryptophagidae: Caenoscelis sp.

Antennae close together, long thick first antennomere --> looks like a Caenoscelis.

… Donald S. Chandler, 10 April, 2006 - 3:16pm

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Thanks Don

for a ton more identifications. Without your help, there'd be a lot more blank spaces in Bugguide.

… tom murray, 11 April, 2006 - 10:58pm

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Those antennae

tell me it's not a clicker. Pronotum not quite right anyway.

… Jim McClarin, 10 April, 2006 - 5:23am

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