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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Carpet Beetles (Dermestidae) » Megatominae » Megatomini » Cryptorhopalum » Cryptorhopalum triste
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Carpet Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Carpet Beetle - Cryptorhopalum triste
Foxboro, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
April 21, 2006
Size: 3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 April, 2006 - 8:27pm
Last updated 8 November, 2008 - 10:58pm

C. triste
That looks to be the right species. Compare it to this picture.
… tom murray, 8 November, 2008 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

opinion of Andreas Herrmann
"Cryptorhopalum, probably C. triste"
… v belov, 8 November, 2008 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black Carpet Beetle.
The body is too short for this being an Attagenus, and the antennal club also is peculiar (and different).
… Boris Büche, 9 July, 2007 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Black carpet beetle?
This might be a black carpet beetle, Attagenus unicolor. The antennae appear pretty distinctive in this image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 April, 2006 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Attagenus unicolor
Thanks Eric.
… tom murray, 24 April, 2006 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
pls move this & others from this page per IDs
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… v belov, 7 November, 2008 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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