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Euglenes pygmaeus
Photo#490690
Copyright © 2011 Nicholas Gompel
Aderid -
Euglenes pygmaeus
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
July 2, 2010
Size: 2.5 mm
Collected at lights.
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Tim Loh
on 12 February, 2011 - 2:12pm
Last updated 1 March, 2011 - 12:32pm
Image updated
with dissected male genitalia; courtesy of Nicholas Gompel.
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Tim Loh
, 1 March, 2011 - 12:34pm
Moved
Identification confirmed by Nicholas Gompel, who dissected the specimen.
We are in the midst of discussing about publishing a short note on this discovery.
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Tim Loh
, 21 February, 2011 - 5:04pm
Question
Do we consider it an accidental adventive and place it in
Accidental adventives
or do we regard it as an introduced species and list it in
List of non-native arthropods
?
The matter is: how likely is it of getting established? Is it already established? Is it just one specimen without a mate?
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Beatriz Moisset
, 22 February, 2011 - 7:18am
Probably established
I have collected multiple female specimens, presumably of this species at lights over the course of a month last summer. Females (with shorter antennae) are usually extremely difficult/impossible to determine to species but the overall habitus, color, etc., strongly suggests that they are conspecific with the male pictured here.
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Tim Loh
, 22 February, 2011 - 10:35am
excellent.
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v belov
, 21 February, 2011 - 5:17pm
Moved base on the following note from Nicolas Gompel:
"The genus is
Euglenes
and this is a male specimen. Given the shape of the antennae, if it were frome Europe, I'd say
E. pygmaeus
. But from America, I'm not sure; a picture of the genitalia would help."
Moved from
Antlike Leaf Beetles
.
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v belov
, 12 February, 2011 - 3:34pm
Thanks guys for the ID!
Looks like a new exotic species for North America.
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Tim Loh
, 12 February, 2011 - 3:48pm
sure...
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v belov
, 12 February, 2011 - 3:52pm
looks a lot like some EuEu (European Euglenes)
check
this
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v belov
, 12 February, 2011 - 2:36pm
dunno what it is, but nice find anyways
Moved from
Spider Beetles
.
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v belov
, 12 February, 2011 - 2:13pm
Thanks!
that's a new beetle family for me :)
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Tim Loh
, 12 February, 2011 - 2:17pm
let's buy each other a drink
really, this is something to celebrate: i see just one aderid listed for BC (none in AB!!), and this is definitely not it
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v belov
, 12 February, 2011 - 2:28pm