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beetle - Prionocyphon limbatus
Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross

beetle - Prionocyphon limbatus
4 miles east of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 9, 2005
possibly Scirtidae?
Came to porch light at night.

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beetle - Prionocyphon limbatus beetle - Prionocyphon limbatus
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 3 December, 2005 - 2:39am
Last updated 12 September, 2008 - 8:13am

Moved
Moved from Prionocyphon.
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… Boris Büche, 12 September, 2008 - 8:13am

Prionocyphon limbatus or discoides
Images of 12 species are shown in a downloadable pdf poster, "Scirtids of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park," of which this one's markings most closely resemble limbatus. In discoides, the black area is larger but the broader oval shape is a closer match, although that could be a sex difference.
… Jim McClarin, 5 June, 2006 - 2:27am

 
Prionocyphon
I've moved to Prionocyphon for now.
… Joyce Gross, 5 June, 2006 - 1:58pm

Scirtidae: Prionocyphon sp. I believe.
Certainly a scirtid, a Prionocyphon female I believe. There is a male Prionocyphon discoideus figured in BugGuide.
… Donald S. Chandler, 3 December, 2005 - 8:54pm

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