Mycetina perpulchra (Newman, 1838)

Ferreira, Raul Nascimento, 2016, Annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of Connecticut, USA (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 279-289 : 285-286

Mycetina perpulchra (Newman, 1838) (Figs. 11 & 12)

Length 3.5-4.0 mm, oblong-oval, convex and shiny blackish to black. Head black. Pronotum slightly flattened, wider than long with sides sharply margined, orange red with a black spot on the middle at the base with surface shiny and finely sparsely punctate. Elytra convex, each elytron with two orange red spots, with the one near the base larger and shiny with coarse punctures. Tip of the last antennomere paler. Front tibia of the male sinuate. Found in wood rooting fungus, in boletes and some species of Agaricales . It is attracted to light in late spring and summer. Uncommon in New England.

Material studied:

Fairfield Co.: Long Hill, 7 July 1948, Doug Comboni, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT.) ; No Town , 11 August 1961, Doug Comboni, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; Shelton, 20 March 1983, Doug Comboni, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; Long Hill, Trumbull, 26 May 1986, Doug Comboni, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) .

Middlesex Co.: North Plain, 15 June 1932, S.C. Ball, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; North Plain , 28 June 1932, S.C. Ball, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; Killingworth, 23 June 1935, C.H. Pumb, 1 ex. ( CAES) .

New Haven Co.: South Meriden, 4 April 1943, Harry L. Johnson, 1 ex. ( CAES) ; Branford , Woods , 13 June 1943, G.E. Pickford, 1 ex. ( YPM-ENT) ; South Meriden, under log in mud wasp cocoon compartment, 1 December 1946, H.L. Johnson, 3 ex. ( CAES) ; Meriden , Hubbard Park, 2 / 3 June 2000, JAne O’Donnell et al., 1 ex. ( UCMS) ; Wolcott , 10 October 2000, Matt Sanford, 1 ex. ( UCMS) .

New London Co.: Pawcatuck, 18 August 1991, R.N. Ferreira, 5 ex. ( RNFC) ; Stonington, 6 September 2006, R.N. Ferreira, 1ex. ( RNFC) ; Pawcatuck, 27 April 2009, R.N. Ferreira, 1 ex. ( RNFC) .

Tolland Co.: Mansfield, Mansfield Schoolhouse, Brook Park, 46’28.1”N 7’31,25”E, fly intersection trap, 22 July 1996, no collector name, 1 ex. ( UCMS) .

Figs. 11-12.- Mycetina perpulchra (Newman, 1838) . 11.- Habitus (Photo by Tom Murray). 12.- Distributional map.