Little brown beetle - Dienerella pilifera

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Unfortunately the specimen was damaged in shipping, but Wolfgang Rücker says it seems to be Dienerella pilifera (Reitter, 1875), which would be a new record for the continent (see guide page).

… Charley Eiseman, 20 January, 2012 - 11:03am

Wolfgang Rücker says that this could be ...

...Dienerella beloni (Reitter 1882) (he has specimens from China, Africa, Carbo Verde, Madagascar, USA: Baltimore) or, rather unlikely, D. laticeps (Reitter 1884). Are the elytra pubescent? these species are hard to tell apart from photos. For a reliable ID, please send voucher specimens.

… v belov, 6 January, 2012 - 2:59pm

Dienerella ruficollis

...according to the key by Majka et al 2009, based on having 3 antennal segments in the club, little to no basal pronotal impression, and pronotal base narrower than elytra.

… Charlene Wood, 5 January, 2012 - 5:54am

definitely not!

sorry, actually doesn't look anything like ruficollis. No match with any of the other dorsal habitus figures in the article...

… Charlene Wood, 5 January, 2012 - 5:57am

Hmm...

Well, I've still got the specimen, if there's someone I should send it to. Maybe Christopher Majka can take a look at these images before I do though. Too bad I don't have better information about its origins.

… Charley Eiseman, 5 January, 2012 - 6:16am

Moved tentatively; interesting...

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… v belov, 5 January, 2012 - 12:17am

Latridiidae?

kind of similar to this:

… J. Anderson, 3 January, 2012 - 2:21pm