Minute Tree-fungus Beetle - Octotemnus glabriculus

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Minute Tree-fungus Beetles (Ciidae) » Ciinae » Orophiini » Octotemnus » Octotemnus glabriculus

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Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Minute Tree-fungus Beetle - Octotemnus glabriculus

Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
March 10, 2007
Size: <1 mm

I found this Ciid while re-examining the polypore fungi that I collected last week. It is the smallest of the four species that I have found thus far, and came from one of the more well-rotted fungus brackets. It expelled a frass pellet just before I took this photo.

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Minute Tree-fungus Beetle - Octotemnus glabriculus

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 16 March, 2007 - 9:08pm
Last updated 19 March, 2007 - 11:28am

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… Stephen Luk, 19 March, 2007 - 11:27am

Octotemnus laevis

Dear Stephen,

this species is rather easy to identify by following combination:
- very small (less than 1.5 mm);
- body glabrous, neither hairy, nor with conspicous punctures;
- elliptical body shape.

Coulour in Ciids does not matter much; all species may need weeks to get fully couloured; when mature, this species is almost black also.

regards, Boris

… Boris Büche, 19 March, 2007 - 3:23am

Thanks so much, Boris

Very interesting to know more about these little beetles that I've found!
Cheers, Stephen

… Stephen Luk, 19 March, 2007 - 11:27am

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