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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Corthylini » Pityophthorina » Pityophthorus
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Small Beetle Lateral Aspect - Pityophthorus
Copyright © 2013 Washington State Department of Agriculture Entomology Lab

Small Beetle Lateral Aspect - Pityophthorus
Unknown, Unknown County, Oregon, USA
Size: 2mm

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Small Beetle - Pityophthorus Small Beetle's Face - Pityophthorus Small Beetle Lateral Aspect - Pityophthorus Small Beetle Ventral Aspect - Pityophthorus
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Contributed by Washington State Department of Agriculture Entomology Lab on 5 August, 2013 - 3:46pm
Last updated 26 July, 2014 - 2:06pm

Moved
Moved from Pityophthorus.
… Thomas H. Atkinson, 26 July, 2014 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Washington State Department of Agriculture Entomology Lab, 6 August, 2013 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

Subfamily is
Scolytinae.

EDIT 1: Is anyone else getting Scolytodes with these keys? Either I'm using the keys wrong or the keys are wrong. Or...maybe this is a new species?

EDIT 2: What adds to the "new species" fire is that if I continue to plug in more details, all genera get excluded. Very interesting. Very much look forward to an expert review!
… RupeeRoundhouse, 5 August, 2013 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Scolytodes
Definitely not that. You must be interpreting a character wrong (easy to do).

You can move to the Scolytinae page if you'd like. Hopefully Dr. Atkinson will recognize it the next time he visits.
… Brad Barnd, 5 August, 2013 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Arlo Pelegrin gave me a new lead...
Redid the keys with "near circular or oval" instead of "ovate" for the antennae club shape, and I think the genus is Pityophthorus. Info page here.

Contrary to what the keys say, the procoxae sure look subcontiguous, not contiguous.
… RupeeRoundhouse, 6 August, 2013 - 1:54am login or register to post comments

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