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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Diaperina » Platydema » Platydema oregonensis
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Tenebrionid ? - Platydema oregonensis
Copyright © 2013 Gary Griswold

Tenebrionid ? - Platydema oregonensis
Enumclaw, King County, Washington, USA
July 8, 2012
Size: ~ 5mm
Came to MV/UV lights at night....

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 6 February, 2013 - 7:13pm
Last updated 24 November, 2013 - 12:29am

Moved tentatively
you may also have in your area P. americanum [but this is not it] and P. neglectum --which is apparently a rarity...
i'll seek confirmation, but pls try to replace this with a sharper pic
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 6 February, 2013 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V
Appreciate the assistance...
… Gary Griswold, 6 February, 2013 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Gary,
pls key it out on(1), p.46 of the file
oregonense & neglectum are very close (couplet 13) and the characters that separate the two in the key are impossible to make out on your pic; size fits oregonense, though
AND please crop your images as close to the bug as possible
… v belov, 6 February, 2013 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

 
V
Is this any better?
… Gary Griswold, 6 February, 2013 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
way better --thanks
but the key couplet suggests that we must see the outermost striae well, both basally and in the apical quarter -- so we need a lateral shot or two
… v belov, 6 February, 2013 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Just added..
What I believe you are asking for..just did some more cropping.
… Gary Griswold, 6 February, 2013 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
perfect -- matches oregonense to a t
… v belov, 6 February, 2013 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you V.
That was what I was coming up with as well....
… Gary Griswold, 6 February, 2013 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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