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Eumorphus quadriguttatus
This is a Handsome Fungus Beatle that i found on the wall of my house. It is black in color, and it has 2 yellow spots on its thorax. The size of this beetle is about 8-10 mm in length. This one has 2 phoretic mites on its back.
- Spotted on the wall of my house.
- Pleasing Handsome Beetle is a beatle from the Endomychidae family. Thanks to Michael Geiser and Floyd W. Shockley for the ID.
* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Sunphylum: Hexapoda
* Class: Insecta
* Subclass: Pterygota
* Infraclass: Neoptera
* Superorder: Endopterygota
* Order: Coleoptera
* Suborder: Polyphaga
* Infraorder: Cucujiformia
* Family: Endomychidae
* Genus: Eumorphus
* Species: E. quadriguttatus
Spotted on Feb 11, 2015
Submitted on Mar 13, 2015
4 Comments
Great close-ups!
Great shots Lanzz! Thank you for sharing :)
I think, these are a phoretic (commensalism) mites. Someone said that these mites are obligate inhabitants of decaying wood, and are commonly phoretic on mycophagous beetles...
There are two free loaders on it's back, is it symbiotic or chance do you think?