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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Bostrichini » Apatides » Horned Powderpost Beetle (Apatides fortis)
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Apatides fortis
Copyright © 2007 William Ericson

Apatides fortis
Riverside County, California, USA
June 22, 2006
Size: 12 mm

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Contributed by William Ericson on 20 December, 2007 - 1:12pm
Last updated 9 December, 2008 - 2:56pm

Moved
Moved from Amphicerus.
… William Ericson, 9 December, 2008 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Size Matters!
It looks to be something in Apatides or Amphicerus. The picture looks a lot like Apatides fortis, but the proportion of length to width seems a bit off. A. fortis is a robust, large bostrichid in the 16 mm range.
… Dennis Haines, 20 December, 2007 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
its 12mm
its 12mm
… William Ericson, 20 December, 2007 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Then its probably not A. fort
Then its probably not A. fortis. Like I said, it looks too wide (or too short) in the picture. Still, its something close by.
… Dennis Haines, 20 December, 2007 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
should I put in that genus?
should I put in that genus?
… William Ericson, 20 December, 2007 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Amphicerus cornutus
I pulled out the my old reference collection and it looks to be Amphicerus cornutus. The only thing that bothers me is that all of my specimens have a dense patch of hair on the frons, and yours doesn't show this. My specimens run from 10-13 mm.
… Dennis Haines, 20 December, 2007 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

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