Ohio Beetles Bulletin Occasional Publication of the Ohio Coleopterists Edited By: Ken Karns Species@columbus.rr.com Issue Number: 19 March 2018 The Ohio Beetles Bulletin (OBB) was developed to provide the Ohio Coleopterists membership a means of communication in conjunction with the Ohio Coleopterists Web-Site ohiocoleoptera.org It is hoped the OBB will provide an informative and enjoyable means of sharing information on the fascinating world of Beetles. “When we have experienced the atavistic joy of collecting in the open air and the manipulative pleasure of setting and mounting our chosen beetles there follows the refined intellectual delight of naming them with precision Quote by G.B. Walsh taken from the first edition of the Coleopterists Handbook. W.J.B. Crotch, General Editor London, December 1953. Cover Photo: Blatchleya gracilis (Blatchley). Rarely collected Omethidae known primarily from Ohio and Indiana. 04-12 May, 2012, Flight Intercept Trap, Vinton County, Ohio. (3.7 mm) Ken Karns specimen and photo. Arizona Beetle Pictures And More By Richard Maxey Hi all, just a few pictures to motivate us to get ready for the upcoming collecting season. Unfortunately, we all aren’t going to Arizona to collect this year but, we are planning a trip to Scioto Trails State Park on March 17 th . I would like to meet up at the camp ground area around 10:00 AM. Let me know who is going and we can car pool. How long we stay is up to you and the weather. In addition, I would encourage you to write article-with or without photos for the bulletin. Trips to Ohio sites or anywhere else are interesting to read. Information about collecting techniques and notable (or not) beetles you have collected are also welcome. We span the whole scale as to knowledge about insects, mounting skills and collecting methods. I also ask that you feel free to email any of us pertaining to questions you may have in regards to an identification, field methods and mounting of specimens. Lastly, come to the meetings and field trips! Pyrota concinna, Casey, 1891 AZ: Cochise Co., Gleeson Rd.,5 m. e. of Tombstone 10-August-2011, R. Maxey, C. Wolcott, photo by Connie Wolcott Stenaspis solitaria, (Say, 1824), AZ: Cochise Co., Gleeson Rd.,5 m. e. of Tombstone 10-August-2011, R. Maxey, C. Wolcott, photo by Connie Wolcott Chrysina gloriosa, (LeConte, 1854), AZ: SANTA CRUZ CO., Santa Rita Lodge, 5100’, Madera Canyon, ll-August-2011,bl/mv It. R. Maxey, C Wolcott, photo by Connie Wolcott Chrysina beyeri, (Skinner, 1905), Madera Canyon, Chuparosa B&B, 5316’ elevation, ll-August-2011, bl/mv It. R. Maxey, C. Wolcott, photo by Connie Wolcott OHIO Slime Mold Beetles of the genus Anistoma Coleoptera (Leiodidae) In the Slime mold beetles of the genus Anistoma (Leiodidae): classification and evolution (Wheeler 1979), Wheeler lists seven species with North American distributions that include Ohio. In my ongoing study and survey of Ohio’s Leiodidae, collections made by me at my Vinton County cabin property include all seven Ohio species as follows: Anistoma basalis (LeConte) Anistoma bifoveata Wheeler Anistoma blanchardi(Y\owi) Anistoma discolor (Melsheimer) Anistoma expolita Brown Anistoma geminata (Horn) Anistoma horni Wheeler Anistoma horni Wheeler (2.6 mm) 12-May-2012. Vinton County, Ohio Specimens were collected by various techniques including Flight Intercept traps , Lindgren Funnel traps, and hand collection from various slime molds. Determinations were all made through extraction, mounting and study of the male aedeagus which offer excellent diagnostic characters.