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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Trout-Stream Beetles (Amphizoidae) » Amphizoa » Amphizoa lecontei
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Unknown - Amphizoa lecontei
Copyright © 2012 Guy A. Hanley

Unknown - Amphizoa lecontei
Tower Junction, Wyoming, USA
July 2, 1970
Size: 12 mm
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Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 26 April, 2012 - 3:26pm
Last updated 27 April, 2012 - 9:11am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brady Richards, 27 April, 2012 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Amphizoa sp.
Nice find! Don't know the species though. There was one in AZ, A. lecontei, but I never collected it. They are in swift, cool streams.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 April, 2012 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
looks like
Amphizoa striata fits fairly nicely with the patterning on the elytra.....Never seen one of these guys before, so kind of threw me off from what I am used to in the midwest...
… Guy A. Hanley, 26 April, 2012 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Very cool...
A. striata has the elytra more narrowed posteriorly and is more of a coastal Pacific Northwest species found from south BC down to OR. 2 species, A. insolens and A. lecontei have been recorded from WY with A. insolens the more widespread species. This specimen fits A. lecontei much better than A. insolens...I have collected the latter species before and the elytra of that species are much more convex and rugulose in sculpture than what is pictured here. Like what Brady said, a view of the carina will help confirm the identification.
… Tim Loh, 27 April, 2012 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
Amphizoa lecontei
By distribution, this has to be Amphizoa lecontei. It's tough to see the diagnostic character (blunt carina on fifth interval of each elytron) in this photo. Do you have a lateral photo as well?
… Brady Richards, 26 April, 2012 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

 
elytra
has a slight longitudinal elevation on each side
… Guy A. Hanley, 27 April, 2012 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
I see
now after looking at the published range...I will reexamine the specimen and shoot a side view..
… Guy A. Hanley, 26 April, 2012 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

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