Tenebrionid? - Stenomorpha

Moved

Moved from Beetles.

… Eric R. Eaton, 5 December, 2006 - 3:03pm

Nice pic!

Nice picture--probably Stenomorpha marginata, but there are some people revising the genus right now, and the nomenclature is likely to change in the next few years.

… wbwarner, 22 November, 2006 - 8:50pm

Stenomorpha revision

AS luck would have it, I am revising the genus of Stenomorpha. I am doing a molecular and morphological systematic revision. So if you want to collect any beetle that looks similar to the one in your picture and toss them in 95% ethanol and ship them off to UC Davis Entomology, Bohart Museum, Fran Keller, that would be great and help me tremendously.
There are many "subspecies" of Stenomorpha marginata and I am trying to determine if they should all just be one species or elevate them to valid individual species. Any mailing info can be found on my CV on my webpage. Lats and longs with collection data are great too because I am mapping where individuals are collected for all 95 Stenomorpha species.
And yes the nomenclature will probably change and hopefully when I am done with my thesis I'll have an interactive key online with pictures and easy steps to identify to species.

… Fran Keller, 15 March, 2007 - 5:03pm

Thanks Fran

I am currently working on Padre Island Sea Turtle Project and will return to Tucson mid July.

… Bob Beatson, 27 March, 2007 - 4:03pm

Thank you!

Thanks for the confirmation on the genus, and a probable species.

… Eric R. Eaton, 5 December, 2006 - 2:58pm

Same as

this one?

… Jim McClarin, 17 October, 2006 - 9:46pm

this one? not Stenomorpha

this one?http://bugguide.net/node/view/77992/bgimage looks like an Asidine but not a Stenomorpha sp.

… Fran Keller, 28 September, 2007 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks close

enough to be a congener at least. Mine is not as flat across the "elytra." Subtle difference in "lip" encircling abdomen; yours seems a little more raised. These may be variable characters and have nothing to do with beetle ID - just musing. I take it, you never got it down to genus/species?

… Bob Beatson, 18 October, 2006 - 3:01pm

Stenomorpha?

Might be Stenomorpha. As luck would have it, got some of these in Molino Canyon Vista as well, and will check them against the U of AZ collection, eventually. Nice image, as always.

… Eric R. Eaton, 17 October, 2006 - 7:21pm

Thanks

Eric - let me know what you find out.

… Bob Beatson, 17 October, 2006 - 8:08pm