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Best, Lisa ________________________________ From: Lou Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> To: pestlist@museumpests.net Sent: Wed, July 6, 2011 11:33:57 AM Subject: Re: [pestlist] identification help This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Correct, not lyctine bostrichid (powderpost beetles are included in Bostrichidae rather than Lyctidae). Body would not look like this beetle, and this looks like a staphylinid. Typical with the rove beetles, the elytra of this species are short and the abdominal sclerites are visible from above. Powderpost beetles have very different antennae with terminal knobs, body not shaped like this staphylinid, but more narrow and parallel-sided. Pronotum also would not be wide like that pictured here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Device bugma...@aol.com wrote: >This is a message from the Museumpests List. >To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net >To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. >----------------------------------------------------------- > >Lisa - > >It is NOT a powderpost beetle. Although you only have the one photo, beetles >in >the family Staphylinidae have elytra (wing covers) which do not cover the >abdomen - as does your specimen. At any rate, it obviously wandered into the >warehouse. Not a museum pest as far as I can tell. > >Tom Parker > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lisa V <lver...@yahoo.com> >To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> >Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 12:02 pm >Subject: [pestlist] identification help > > >This is a message from the Museumpests List. >To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net >To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. >----------------------------------------------------------- > >Dear list, > >I'm hoping someone can help me identify this beetle. My apologies for the poor >photo. The beetle is dark red in color and about 5 millimeters long. I work in >Montana, if that helps with identification at all. Many thanks in advance! > >Best, >lisa > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > >To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in >the subject put: >"unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > >You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. >To change to the DIGEST mode send an >email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > >set mode digest pestlist > >Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net > >To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in >the subject put: >"unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > >You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. >To change to the DIGEST mode send an >email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: > >set mode digest pestlist > >Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
