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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Dorcatominae » Petalium » Petalium whitei
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Petalium whitei
Copyright © 2011 Tim Moyer

Petalium whitei
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 18, 2011
Size: 1.8mm
after a whole lot of time with the keys and descriptions, including Ford's paper on the genus, I believe this (and several others from the same night) is P. debile Fall. Corrections welcome :)

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 30 September, 2011 - 3:27pm
Last updated 31 January, 2020 - 8:52pm

Moved
ok, thanks Brad.

Moved from Petalium debile.
… Tim Moyer, 14 November, 2013 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

may also be small P. whitei
… Brad Barnd, 12 November, 2013 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
i actually like P. whitei for this one
Note the deep incised sulcus that appears to extend beyond the anterior perforation. Also see the notes on the two species in Arango & Young 2012 (1)
… Brad Barnd, 13 November, 2013 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
looking at this again
I wonder whether this is something else. The punctures are distinct the whole length of the elytra. In debile/whitei they are only supposed to be prominent on the anterior 1/3 to 1/2. Maybe seriatum or alaseriatum?
… Brad Barnd, 4 April, 2022 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

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