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unknown - Megacheuma brevipennis
Copyright © 2008 amp

unknown - Megacheuma brevipennis
Great Basin desert, Tooele County, Utah, USA
August 28, 2008
Size: between 1 and 1.5 cm

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unknown - Megacheuma brevipennis unknown - Megacheuma brevipennis
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Contributed by amp on 7 October, 2008 - 3:39pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 5:11am

thanks, Gentlemen -- nice filthy addition!
Moved from Cerambycinae.
… v belov, 17 November, 2009 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

This looks like either a ligh
This looks like either a light phase of Megacheuma brevipennis or a very dirty regular phase ; )
… Ian Swift, 17 November, 2009 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

 
I would have to agree with Ia
I would have to agree with Ian, this could be a male Megacheuma. The females have distended abdomens and do not fly.
… Dennis Haines, 17 November, 2009 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

I had a Clytus planifrons in
I had a Clytus planifrons in CA this summer. Looks similar, but my specimen wasn't so dirty. Ha, ha!
… Rich Kelly, 7 October, 2008 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Are you sure the specimen was
Are you sure the specimen wasn't closer to an inch in length? It looks like Calloides nobilis regalis. An old synonym is Calloides mormonus Csy. from Beaver Canyon, Utah (type locality). Your specimen is very dirty, but I can't think of anything else with the broad, unmarked pronotum and this number of yellow bands.
… Dennis Haines, 10 October, 2008 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

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