Family: Melandryidae
Subfamily: Melandryinae
Length: 5-7 mm
In Hypulus simulator, look for a large depression on each side of the pronotum.
On each elytron, the basal mark includes a pointed area that points toward the rear of the beetle. The elytra are pubescent.
Another Melandryid beetle living in West Virginia is Dircaea liturata.
