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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Clerinae » Enoclerus » Enoclerus eximius
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Marin Coastal Trail critter - Enoclerus eximius
Copyright © 2007 josephcka

Marin Coastal Trail critter - Enoclerus eximius
Stinson Beach (above), Marin County, California, USA
May 7, 2007
Size: approx 6mm
Bug found on Coastal Trail hike
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Contributed by josephcka on 7 May, 2007 - 6:26pm
Last updated 6 January, 2022 - 3:25pm

Moved
Moved from Enoclerus cupressi.

This is E. eximius with enlarged spotting. Read with confirmed cupressi image.
… Boris Büche, 6 January, 2022 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Enoclerus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 June, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

close to a match
on the page Jim linked, is E.eximius. Just imagine the black spots becoming larger, than it results in the pattern found here. The species is known from California.
… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

 
To be safe, I will move to th
To be safe, I will move to the Enoclerus page; maybe someone can confirm the ID as E. eximius.
… Ethan Friedman, 23 May, 2007 - 5:39am login or register to post comments

Enoclerus seems likely
but I could find no obvious match here.
… Jim McClarin, 7 May, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

My quick guess
Cleridae Checkered Beetle
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 7 May, 2007 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Something in the genus Enoclerus that I don't recognize to species. Nice animal!
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 May, 2007 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Update, update!
Jacques Rifkind, a world authority on Cleridae, has identified this as Enoclerus cupressi, apparently quite a rare species! He would like Josephsk to contact him at: clerid*aoldotcom, please. Thank you!
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 June, 2007 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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