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Eastern Ironclad Beetle (Phellopsis obcordata)
Photo#45704
Copyright © 2006
tom murray
rough textured beetle -
Phellopsis obcordata
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
March 24, 2006
Size: 15mm
Cleaned up beetle.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 24 March, 2006 - 10:46pm
Last updated 27 March, 2006 - 4:50pm
permission
Hi Tom, I'm a grad student at the University of Georgia, making a flyer for a citizen science project designed to aid in the conservation of this species. I was hoping you would grant me permission to use this photo in my flyer.
Thanks, Clayton
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Clayton Traylor
, 19 March, 2019 - 11:32am
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No problem
Clayton, I don't mind educational photo uses like yours. It's the commercial users I would charge a fee for them to use my photos.
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tom murray
, 19 March, 2019 - 4:16pm
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It's a zopherid! Phellopsis obcordata
http://www.lesinsectesduquebec.com/insecta/24-coleoptera/zopheridae.htm
Wow! That makes two zopherid species you've collected locally, Tom. Not bad for what I've always thought of as a southwestern family.
Of course, zopherids used to be considered tenebrionids :-)
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Jim McClarin
, 25 March, 2006 - 12:21am
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Thanks
Jim, Eric, and everyone else in getting this beetle down to species.
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tom murray
, 27 March, 2006 - 6:07pm
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I agree.
Yes, very nice find. Created a guide page and moved it. Be aware there is a western version, and recent evidence suggests they are indeed two separate species, not synonyms as currently recognized.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 27 March, 2006 - 4:51pm
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Could be
I notice the common name is "Ténébrion des bois morts"= dead wood Ténébrion. However, the comment "On trouve cette espèce sur les champignons qui s'attaquent aux conifères. " seems to indicate they're found on fungi (mushrooms?) that attack conifers rather than on the conifers themselves.
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Chuck Entz
, 25 March, 2006 - 12:39am
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Some species eat conks.
Maybe all do. A species in the Pacific Northwest as well as one in Russia (I googled Phellopsis) are conk or shelf-fungivores. Now I know where to look for them. Possible I already have some in larval form...
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Jim McClarin
, 25 March, 2006 - 12:45am
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Another nice find!
I think this is a tenebrionid. I see something had a couple of its feet for dinner.
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Jim McClarin
, 24 March, 2006 - 11:21pm
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Thanks Jim
I agree with a tenebrionid, but am hoping someone will recognize it to genus or species.
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tom murray
, 24 March, 2006 - 11:31pm
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It might be noserus or phloeo
It might be noserus or phloeodes.it looks like a western species called noserus plicatus.
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William Ericson
, 25 March, 2006 - 12:22am
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