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No skipping leg day for this dude. This is Osphya bipunctata, a rather fine species in the Melandryidae, which turned up by my moth trap last night. I confess to never having heard of it until today!

#Nature #Insects
A photo of a black and orange beetle sitting on a mossy piece of wood. The beetle has exceptionally large thighs on the hind legs.
May 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Alekseev & Bukejs. A new extinct species of Phloiotrya Stephens (Coleoptera: Melandryidae: Dircaeini) from late Eocene Rovno amber doi.org/10.11646/pal... #Beetle #Beetles #Phloiotrya #balticamber
Phloiotrya beetle in amber
September 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
applewildlife.bsky.social
Still working through specimens from last year… Here’s a beetle family-tick from 11th July: Orchesia micans (Melandryidae). I found this one indoors at home. Not very common apparently. #UKBeetles
Dorsal view of Orchesia micans, found in my house in July. A dark reddish brown beetle getting greatly darker towards the front. It has a smooth outline, long hind tibia and shallowly clubbed antennae. #beetle #Coleoptera Side view of Orchesia micans, found in my house in July. #UKinverts
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Yang & Zeng. A study on the #Melandryidae (Coleoptera) of Mount Leigong, Guizhou Province, Southwest China, with descriptions of three new species and a checklist of Chinese melandryid species doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles
Habitus of Melandryidae species. a. Dircaeomorpha elegans Sasaji, 1974, male; b. Sallumia davidis Fairmaire, 1889, male; c. Mikadonius gracilis Lewis, 1895, male. Scale bar: 5 mm.
June 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Cosandey. Two #NewSpecies of Lederina Nikitsky & Belov, 1982 (#Coleoptera: #Melandryidae: Melandryinae) from Yunnan, China. doi.org/10.35929/RSZ... #Beetle #Beetles #FalseDarklingBeetles
Lederina elongata sp. nov. Habitus in (1) dorsal, (2) lateral, and (3) ventral views. Metaventral medial area in (4) males, and (5) females. (6) Aedeagus. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
February 11, 2024 at 4:33 AM
drhoz.bsky.social
A False Darkling Beetle (Melandryidae) endemic to NZ. Others in the genus are known from Lord Howe Island and Eastern Australia.
August 13, 2026 at 8:49 AM
kitenet.bsky.social
Certainly looks plausible! The 2010 record was written up in The Coleopterist, and apparently it is a species that has occasionally been imported to the UK and was reported from at least 13 counties in the period 1882 to 1955. academic.oup.com/forestry/art... [sadly not open access]
A LITTLE-KNOWN BORER IN IMPORTED SOFTWOOD; SERROPALPUS BARBATUS SCHALL. (COLEOPTERA, MELANDRYIDAE). REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND RECENT OCCURRENCES IN GREAT BRITAIN
Abstract. A brief account is given of the biology and world distribution of this comparatively unimportant timber insect, which is responsible for a type o
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July 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
scottgilmore.bsky.social
Does anyone have access to The Canadian Entomologist? I'm looking for Mank EW (1939b) Scotochroa and a closely allied new genus Scotochroides, (Coleoptera, Melandryidae). The Canadian Entomologist 71: 181–183.

I have a Scotochroa from an unexpected location I want to know more about.
August 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Johnson et al. #NewRecords and a #Checklist of #Melandryidae and #Tetratomidae Known from Arizona, USA (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #FalseDarklingBeetles #TheColeopteristBulletin #PolyporeFungusBeetles
April 1, 2024 at 4:34 PM
terrestrial-gills.bsky.social
Had this lil Odontocolon #wasp gal land on me a few times and just hang about

Despite there weird appearance parasitic wasps can't sting or bite well so are 100% fine to chill with

They also help remove a ton of other pesky bugs including invasive species on occasion

THANK YOU FUNNY #WASPS
A female wasp likely of the Odontocolon genus species unknown Their long modified stinger is used to drill into trees and get at beetles where the wasps larva clean em out. This genus targets Cerambycidae and Melandryidae beetles potentially including several invasive species that can harm trees. You can tell it's a she as males often lack the modified long stinger used to lay eggs. As proof of how harmless they are I was able to boop this fella on the antenna without them flying off or biting They almost seemed curious whether my pants were a tree but nope :P
June 7, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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ICYMI: The genera Mycetoma Mulsant 1856 and Orchesia Latreille 1807 in the Eastern Palaearctic (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae)
The genera Mycetoma Mulsant 1856 and Orchesia Latreille 1807 in the Eastern Palaearctic (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae)
The beetle genera Mycetoma MULSANT 1856 and Orchesia LATREILLE 1807 are both revised and keyed as far as the Eastern Palaearctic species are concerned. Mycetoma is new to the regional fauna and comprises there two species, i. e. M. ussurien...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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The genera Mycetoma Mulsant 1856 and Orchesia Latreille 1807 in the Eastern Palaearctic (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae)
The genera Mycetoma Mulsant 1856 and Orchesia Latreille 1807 in the Eastern Palaearctic (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae)
The beetle genera Mycetoma MULSANT 1856 and Orchesia LATREILLE 1807 are both revised and keyed as far as the Eastern Palaearctic species are concerned. Mycetoma is new to the regional fauna and comprises there two species, i. e. M. ussurien...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM