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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Dendrophilinae » Paromalini » Platylomalus » Platylomalus aequalis
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Hister beetle - Platylomalus aequalis
Copyright © 2011 Gary Griswold

Hister beetle - Platylomalus aequalis
Enumclaw, King County, Washington, USA
June 24, 2011
Size: 2.5 mm
Caught in an aerial trap. Help appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 24 June, 2011 - 2:31pm
Last updated 26 June, 2011 - 2:00pm

must be it... sorry abouth the extra move
Moved from Paromalus.
… v belov, 24 June, 2011 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
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Don't know about this one. Looks more like Paromalus to me based on the width and the punctation. Need a straight on well-illuminated dorsal shot.
… Jeff Gruber, 25 June, 2011 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Jeff
New dorsal image added, hope this is good enough?

Thanks,

Gary
… Gary Griswold, 26 June, 2011 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Aequalis - Say
I'm confused now as aequalis is a species under Paromalus in "Beetles of the Northwest" Melvin Hatch Part III pp. 268.
… Gary Griswold, 26 June, 2011 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
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You may want to supplement Hatch with Bouquet and Laplante's recent treatment of the histerids of Canada (http://www.amazon.com/Coleoptera-Histeridae-Yves-Bousquet/dp/066019399X). Should be almost complete, if not complete, coverage of the Washington fauna. Awesome keys and images!
… Jeff Gruber, 27 June, 2011 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the heads up.
Just ordered from Amazon..
… Gary Griswold, 27 June, 2011 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much...
Looks to be a first for the West Coast.. When I looked it up in Hatch Part III, he had it for se BC and north ID and marked rare. another odd looking Hister...

Thanks again V.
… Gary Griswold, 24 June, 2011 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… v belov, 24 June, 2011 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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