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fire-colored beetle - Schizotus cervicalis - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

fire-colored beetle - Schizotus cervicalis - Male
Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 27, 2005
Size: about 7-8mm
Is this a Neopyrochroa flabellata?
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Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2005 - 7:25am
Last updated 24 August, 2005 - 4:39pm

Schizotus cervicalis
It is Schizotus cervicalis. Note the whitish lines along the edge of the elytra and along the elytral suture.
… Donald S. Chandler, 24 August, 2005 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the ID to species. I googled Schizotus cervicalis, and Cedar Creek has an image of the same beetle.
… tom murray, 24 August, 2005 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

No.
Quite sure this is not N. flabellata, as the male antennae in that species are not nearly so plumose. This might even be in a different genus. You should send this image to Dr. Daniel K. Young at U of Wisconsin. He is THE authority on these (plus Pedilus).
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 May, 2005 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

 
I found the website for Dr. D
I found the website for Dr. Daniel K. Young at U of Wisconsin, but the email address listed on the site didn't work. The antennae really are different, and it flew off as I was taking the picture.
… tom murray, 6 June, 2005 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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