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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae) » Sexton Beetles (Nicrophorus) » Roundneck Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis)
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Beetle (with mites?) - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2014 K Brumback

Beetle (with mites?) - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Morristown, Shelby County, Indiana, USA
June 28, 2014
Size: App. 1" long
Photo of a large beetle with what appears to be mites. If possible, I would like to identify both. Found on a lit front porch. Hot (app. 74 degrees) & humid.

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Contributed by K Brumback on 30 June, 2014 - 6:36pm
Last updated 4 August, 2020 - 10:39am

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… v belov, 4 August, 2020 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

Roundneck sexton
N. orbicollis.

Elytral markings don't reach epipleura (eliminating sayi).
… Hohenems, 28 August, 2018 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 13 August, 2014 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

sexton beetle, Nicrophorus sp.
the mites are phoretic (using the beetle for transportation, not parasitism)
… Blaine Mathison, 30 June, 2014 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the pointer....
Following the genus link, it looks like the Species is Nicrophorus orbicollis (Roundneck Sexton Beetle) based on the orange at the end of the antenna and the spot shape (both of which, according to the ID, make the identification e"easy to make"). But you still got me pointed in the correct direction.
As far as the mites go, I have seen them (and photographed them) on various species of moth, but at the time was unsure of what they were or what the particular species was. Since this is the first time I have seen them on a beetle, I figured it was about time to try & find out. I am still hoping for a better ID of the mites... even knowing that the smaller something is the harder they tend to be to identify.
… K Brumback, 30 June, 2014 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

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