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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Clown Beetles (Histeridae) » Histerinae » Exosternini » Phelister » Phelister vernus
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Histeridae - Phelister vernus
Copyright © 2012 Anthony Rodgers

Histeridae - Phelister vernus
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
July 1, 2011

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Contributed by Anthony Rodgers on 28 February, 2012 - 9:50pm
Last updated 5 March, 2012 - 7:15pm

Any information on this guy would be appreciated, what makes it a good find? I actually haven't collected many Histerids and I'm unfamiliar with anything past family.
… Anthony Rodgers, 5 March, 2012 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phelister.
… Jeff Gruber, 5 March, 2012 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.
… Jeff Gruber, 5 March, 2012 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request. Might want to add a ventral, many diagnostic clues are on the underside.
… Brad Barnd, 28 February, 2012 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

 
will do
will do
… Anthony Rodgers, 28 February, 2012 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thinking Phelister vernus at this point, but do need a ventral shot and maybe another dorsal with the light more evenly dispersed so I can see the elytral striae better.

Nice find.
… Jeff Gruber, 28 February, 2012 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
hmm... what precludes it from being, say, an Epierus?
i'll bet a nickel, just for the heck of it.
… v belov, 29 February, 2012 - 2:34am login or register to post comments

 
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Nada at this point. The pronotal punctation, while not ideally illuminated, screams P. vernus to me. That's just from my experience. I'm not familiar with all the Phelister, so a second opinion should be sought if this does turn out to be Phelister. Ventral shot would nail genus.
… Jeff Gruber, 29 February, 2012 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
i recant; you must be right about Ph. vernus
i'm in awe, Jeff.
… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I realized this shot was a bi
I realized this shot was a bit ambiguous with regard to the striae once I got it up on my monitor but it's all I had. I will have another photo session with this guy. With my limited photo capabilities these shiny bastards are difficult to photograph but I'll see what I can do.
… Anthony Rodgers, 28 February, 2012 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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