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Root Borer, Prionus? - Prionus californicus

Root Borer, Prionus? - Prionus californicus
Castlegar, Arrow Boundary Region, British Columbia, Canada
September 1, 2008
Size: 3-4cm,
Suspect Prionus, what are the distinguishing characteristics to ID to species?

Help please!

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Moved
Moved from Prionus.

Identification of this beetle
This far north there are two possible identifications.If the antennae are 12 segmented it is P. californicus. It they are 13 segmented it is P. lecontei.

The source is Chemzak, JA 1996
Illustrated revision of the Cerambycidae of North
America. Wolfsgarden Books. 150 p.

 
I thank you
does the number of segments include the rounded segments near the base of the antennae where they attach to the head?

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