Officer, have you seen my family? - Platydema micans

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

Moved

Moved from Darkling Beetles.

… Tim Moyer, 26 February, 2007 - 10:15am

female

This is a female. Females have the little cerci on their genitalia. The genera is probably Platydema.

… kanchan, 14 February, 2007 - 3:26pm

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

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

Tenebrionidae

Hi Tim,

I´d say its something near Alphitobius.

greets from Germany,

Boris

… Boris Büche, 14 February, 2007 - 2:50am