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False Click Beetle

Perothops muscidus

Photo by ForestDragon
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37.38, -77.56

Field Notes

Description:

Large, brown beetle. Possibly a click-beetle.

Habitat:

Campground in temperate woodland. Pocahontas State Park.

Reference Links:

Species Perothops muscidus - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
thaptor
This one was hard to find out! I had my doubts from the beginning whether this is a Click - pronotum looks quite unmovable, and legs a bit strong for the family. I have searched almost half of beetle groups in BugGuide - and last found it where I should have searched first - in "False Click beetles". It is: Perothops muscidus (Gyllenhal, 1817) an atypical, and it seems, rare Eucnemid (BG has only two entries, and no live image) https://bugguide.net/node/view/160719

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Pocahontas State Park, Virginia

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PublishedOctober 28, 2018

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