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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Spondylidinae » Spondylidini » Neospondylis » Neospondylis upiformis
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Neospondylis upiformis - male
Copyright © 2010 Dennis Haines

Neospondylis upiformis - Male
Tehachapi, 6000' elevation, Kern County, California, USA
June 27, 2010
Size: 18 mm & 8 mm
Both of these specimens showed up in a pitfall "baited" with ethylene glycol. I couldn't believe the size difference.
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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 28 June, 2010 - 1:57pm
Last updated 29 June, 2010 - 7:44pm

Size difference...
Wow! Dennis, are these male and female of the same species?
… Harsi S. Parker, 29 June, 2010 - 1:41am login or register to post comments

 
They're still soaking in alco
They're still soaking in alcohol to remove the ethylene glycol, so I haven't pulled the genitalia yet. If someone like Casey had found the little guy only I'm sure he would have given it a new name. The eyes stick out farther than the pronotum and the pronotum is smoother and more parallel-sided than the larger specimen. Still I'm attributing this to the small size and not any species difference.
… Dennis Haines, 29 June, 2010 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
I pulled the genitalia and bo
I pulled the genitalia and both were male.
… Dennis Haines, 29 June, 2010 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Fascinating!
I would not have believed there could be such variation within the same species and sex...
… Harsi S. Parker, 29 June, 2010 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I guess size is important! ;-
I guess size is important! ;-)
… Dennis Haines, 30 June, 2010 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

 
Good one!
I am writing a post on my blog that mentions this beautiful bug. I referred my readers the this picture as an example of the size variation. I hope you don't mind...
… Jonathan W. Quist, 3 September, 2013 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem Jon!
I posted it to share information.
… Dennis Haines, 4 September, 2013 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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