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Officer, have you seen my family? - Platydema micans
Copyright © 2007 Tim Moyer

Officer, have you seen my family? - Platydema micans
Medford, (~15 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 11, 2006
Size: ~3.8mm
just another small beetle that I can't even place to family on sight. maybe someday I'll learn . . .

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 13 February, 2007 - 10:04pm
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 10:50am

Moved tentatively; unless the specimen can be re-shot
...with a nice dorsal view added, probably frassable

Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 6 December, 2014 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 26 February, 2007 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

female
This is a female. Females have the little cerci on their genitalia. The genera is probably Platydema.
… kanchan, 14 February, 2007 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, P. ruficolle?
After receiving your suggestion of Platydema, I tried to key this one through Tenebrionidae using Downie and Arnett. It seems to definitely key to Platydema, and possibly to P. ruficolle. D & A describes P. ruficolle as "uncommon", so I'm a little hesitant, although they do list it's distro as including NJ.

I found nice dorsal shots of most of the eastern Platydema here. And the P. ruficolle looks similar to mine except it's a lot browner than mine. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Tim
… Tim Moyer, 26 February, 2007 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

sex
Looks like you might be able to sex it, if you know what you're looking at in the posterior department that is :-)
… Jim McClarin, 14 February, 2007 - 5:40am login or register to post comments

Tenebrionidae
Hi Tim,

I´d say its something near Alphitobius.

greets from Germany,

Boris
… Boris Büche, 14 February, 2007 - 2:50am login or register to post comments

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