Stenotarsus hispidus (Herbst, 1799)

Ferreira, Raul Nascimento, 2016, Annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of Connecticut, USA (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 279-289 : 288

Stenotarsus hispidus (Herbst, 1799) ( Figs. 17 & 18 )

Length 3.5-4.4 mm, broadly oval, densely clothed in erect and nearly setae. Orange or reddish brown, each elytron with disk blackish. Antennal club black and loose with antennomeres 6-11 darker. Venter pale, dorsum densely covered with erect and suberected setae. Head and pronotal punctures fine sparse. Elytral punctures coarse, quite close in same areas. Adults active in late Spring and Summer. Collected in pitfall traps.

Material studied:

New London Co.: Pawcatuck, 12 June 1987, R.N. Ferreira, 1 ex. ( RNFC) .

Figures

Figs. 17-18.- Stenotarsus hispidus (Herbst, 1799). 17.- Habitus (Photo by Ted Kropiewnicki). 18.- Distributional map.