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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Palm and Flower Beetles (Mycteridae)
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Mycteridae. Genus?
Copyright © 2012 Kevin Hinson

Mycteridae. Genus?
Chattooga River-Burrells Ford bridge area, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
September 23, 2011
Size: ~14 mm
Collected under fungus ridden log bark. Sorry for the lack of resolution. With this particular camera setup the clarity on the monitor never seems to compare to what's under the microscope
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Contributed by Kevin Hinson on 13 June, 2012 - 3:26pm
Last updated 14 June, 2012 - 12:29pm

Moved/cropped; awesome larva... the size is very impressive, too
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 June, 2012 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Sure looks like Hemipeplus
But entirely the wrong microhabitat. See here for illustrations and descriptions.
… Michael C. Thomas, 14 June, 2012 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Yep, hm.
Well Hemipeplus is the only genus of the 3 we get here in North America that also has a median endocarina which I don't see here. I'm wondering if this is Lacconotus punctatus (which is found under bark, but not fungus ridden usually, perhaps it was dead already?) and the terminal plate is just more square than rounded. Perhaps its an individual difference, or maybe the angle at which we're viewing it? I'm not sure.
… Natalie Hernandez, 14 June, 2012 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

I think Hemipeplus
The Lacconotus tend to have more rounded urogomphi (or 9th segment plate, whatever that's called) and the Hemipeplus have this more square one. I'm not sure what Mycterus look like but they prefer drier areas while Lacconotus and Hemipeplus prefer more humidity.
… Natalie Hernandez, 13 June, 2012 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

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