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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Phausis » Phausis rhombica
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eastern BC Phausis - Phausis rhombica - male
Copyright © 2013 Charlene Wood

eastern BC Phausis - Phausis rhombica - Male
Arrow Lakes, Kootenay Region, British Columbia, Canada
June 11, 2013
Size: 7 mm
Comparing to the descriptions in Hatch (1962), I end up at Phausis rhombica--- clearly departing from nigra in that:
- the punctures of elytral bases are separated by less than their diameters; and
- the median lobe of the aedeagus extends beyond the lateral lobes by almost its width at the tips of the lateral lobes

note: I don't find the "bisinuate pronotum base" obvious (as in Hatch's illustration)

Anyone second this ID?

*also found this lampyrid larva in the same pitfall trap.

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Contributed by Charlene Wood on 4 December, 2013 - 5:25pm
Last updated 4 December, 2013 - 6:28pm

thanks again, Joe & Charlene
Moved from Phausis.
… v belov, 4 December, 2013 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

yes rhombica is good
yes rhombica is good
… joeCicero, 4 December, 2013 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

neat L-bug...
Dr Cicero notified... hope he chimes in soon
… v belov, 4 December, 2013 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
great!
Thanks V- I just posted some pics of a larva that was in the same pitfall trap sample.
… Charlene Wood, 4 December, 2013 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

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