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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Conoderus » Conoderus auritus
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Conoderus auritus
Copyright © 2011 Brad Barnd

Conoderus auritus
Michiana, Berrein County, Michigan, USA
November 22, 2007
Size: ~ 5.25 mm
Seems to fit description fairly well. Confirmation appreciated though.

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Conoderus auritus Conoderus auritus
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 23 January, 2011 - 7:33pm
Last updated 24 January, 2011 - 2:46am

Thanks for posting this.
I have something from WI that keys to C. auritus in Van Dyke (1932) but I had nothing to compare it with. Mine is similar in pronotal coloring and pronotal punctation. My specimen has predominately dark elytra, with only reddish on the humeri, but several of these Conoderus can have a variety of color forms.

My specimen has noticeable carina on the hind angles, slightly diverging from the lateral edge. I think I can see carina in yours, but it's kinda hard with a straight-on dorsal shot.

Another characteristic of auritus is the membranous lobe on the tarsal segments are not broad and readily visible above the tarsi. I can't quite see that in your ventral shot but I can in my WI specimen.
… Blaine Mathison, 23 January, 2011 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Mine has carina as you described, and the tarsal lobes are narrow.
… Brad Barnd, 23 January, 2011 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Other than elytral coloring (which can vary in several Conoderus spp.) this matched well with my WI specimen and the key in Van Dyke (1932).
… Blaine Mathison, 4 February, 2011 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

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