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Rhinosimus viridiaeneus
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Copyright © 2005
tom murray
beetle with a snout -
Rhinosimus viridiaeneus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 20, 2005
Size: 3/8"
This beetle has small blue spots on it's back, and the snout looks elongated, but it's not a weevil.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 21 April, 2005 - 9:06pm
Last updated 2 February, 2006 - 8:31pm
Another name
These are sometimes called "False weevils" for obvious reasons.
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 22 April, 2005 - 12:19pm
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Rhinosimus sp.
Tom-
This appears to be the first representative of the beetle family Salpingidae for this site. I believe it to be a representative of the genus
Rhinosimus
, of which there are 3 widespread North American species. We only have a series of one of them here, so I can't eyeball a species determination for it. Quite a rare critter, actually!
cheers,
zack
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Zack Falin
, 22 April, 2005 - 8:32am
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Rhinosimus sp.
Thanks for the ID Zack. I only took 1 picture of this beetle, because there were a few other bugs under the bark I found this under, and with a quick look, I didn't notice this one was odd till I looked at the picture on the computer.
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tom murray
, 22 April, 2005 - 6:59pm
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Rhinosimus viridiaeneus
Zach is correct, it is Rhinosimus, with Rhinosimus viridiaeneus being the only species in this area. Not really rare, but only frequent in the correct habitat.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 2 February, 2006 - 7:02pm
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identified to species
Thanks Don, for getting this one fully identified.
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tom murray
, 2 February, 2006 - 8:36pm
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