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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles (Derodontoidea) » Tooth-necked Fungus Beetles (Derodontidae) » Peltastica » Peltastica tuberculata
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Unknown - Peltastica tuberculata
Copyright © 2011 Tim Loh

Unknown - Peltastica tuberculata
Port Moody, Bert Flinn Park, British Columbia, Canada
May 28, 2011
Size: 4 mm
Not sure what this is...a trogossitid of some sort? Taken by beating a fallen, dead branch of hardwood (alder/cottonwood) origin.

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 4 September, 2011 - 11:22am
Last updated 4 September, 2011 - 10:21pm

Cool
Thanks! Derodontidae never crossed my mind...a strange beetle to say the least...Now we have a complete set of genera for the family!
… Tim Loh, 4 September, 2011 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

Nifty!
Looks like Peltastica tuberculata, family Derodontidae. New genus for the guide if I'm not mistaken.
… Matthew L. Gimmel, 4 September, 2011 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Latridiidae - Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles??
It remains me of several of the Latridiidaes but don't see any like it in BG.

Tim you are having quite the summer up north, I see lots and lots of new posting from you. This is quite an unique beetle...
… Gary Griswold, 4 September, 2011 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
The season started abit later than normal as we had a cooler and wetter spring and early summer than average. Also I hadn't had as much time to head out into the field this year compared to last year due to grad school so I had to make full use of the weekend trips.
… Tim Loh, 4 September, 2011 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

looks like a synchitine colydiinae (Zopheridae)
but cant find quite a match in the Guide.
… Blaine Mathison, 4 September, 2011 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
hmm..
that's what I thought of too, but can't find a match on the Zopherid website..Have you had the chance to take a look at the clickers I recently posted? Or are you waiting for the shipment to come in? These ones will be part of the package..so to say.. :)
… Tim Loh, 4 September, 2011 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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