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Cylidrella championi Wickham - Cylidrella championi
Copyright © 2009 Rick Buss

Cylidrella championi Wickham - Cylidrella championi
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: 6.0 mm
This is for the beetle connoisseurs. Rare! I've searched for this one for 20 years. Found it in Englemann Spruce forest as expected. At 10005' elevation. Note the vague yellow spot on elytra and, of course, the exposed abdomen.
A comment on species: I have not read Dajoz's 1991 description of C. maculata from California. This specimen here agrees with the description of C. championi by Wickham and by Barron, except the color is darker than "chestnut" and the yellow spot is not "vaguely transverse".

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 25 June, 2009 - 5:02pm
Last updated 25 June, 2009 - 6:31pm

Moved
Moved from Bark-gnawing Beetles.
… v belov, 25 June, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

what a treat...
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… v belov, 25 June, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
we celebrated
My wife and I hike the mountains every weekend, and she has heard me muttering Cylidrella every time we enter Englemann's spruce forest for all these years. We opened a bottle of fine wine to celebrate.
… Rick Buss, 25 June, 2009 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Great find!
A cautionary word: Dajoz "species" should be taken with a grain of salt; he is notorious for creating synonyms.
… Michael C. Thomas, 26 June, 2009 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks for the cautionary note. There was a report of C. mollis found from the Yuma, AZ area around 1897, on Parkinsonia plants. There was never a followup, but this could be a different species (not mollis from Guademala, and not championi which like spruce). I thought maybe this was related to what Dajoz was reporting. C. championi is known only from Ouray, Colorado and the Capitan Mnts of NM. Now the Sandia Mnts as well. I need to get Dajoz's paper, and fortunately I read French quite well.
… Rick Buss, 26 June, 2009 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

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