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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Chauliognathinae » Chauliognathini » Chauliognathus » Chauliognathus misellus
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Long Yellow Beetle - Chauliognathus misellus
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

Long Yellow Beetle - Chauliognathus misellus
Kitt Peak, Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 31, 2006
Size: 12-17mm
Don't even know family for this one. ID please.
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 31 August, 2006 - 9:55pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 6:35pm

Moved
Moved from Chauliognathus discus.
… v belov, 18 November, 2009 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chauliognathus.
… Boris Büche, 24 September, 2007 - 3:20am login or register to post comments

We have an ID for this species now!
compare:
… Boris Büche, 21 September, 2007 - 3:30am login or register to post comments

 
Great!
thanks Boris.
… Bob Beatson, 21 September, 2007 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Soldier beetle
Family Cantharidae, genus Chaulignathus. That pronotal shape is distinctive for the family.
… Jim McClarin, 31 August, 2006 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Talk about
a quick response!!
… Bob Beatson, 31 August, 2006 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Jim. The abdomen sticks out even further than the pic suggests due to the angle of the shot. Wonder if that has any significance for nailing down a genus eventually?
… Bob Beatson, 31 August, 2006 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Could be a gravid female.
It looks like Chauliognathus but I don't know which species. I note that other members of this genus in bugguide all seem to have dark markings to some degree on their pronotum. I shot one species in New Mexico that is all yellow (no elytral markings either) and that one too is not yet identified. Like yours, the abdomen extends considerably beyond the elytra. I'll probably post images this weekend.
… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2006 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

...
I can give you a family: Cerambycidae
and a subfamily: Lepturinae
e.g.http://bugguide.net/node/view/2941/bgimage
That is about all I can do.
… Sean McCann, 31 August, 2006 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

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