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Photo#1180972
Beetle, dorsal, live - Orizabus mcclevei - male

Beetle, dorsal, live - Orizabus mcclevei - Male
Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe Ranger District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
August 5, 2015
Size: 16.9 mm
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This beetle came to a mercury vapor lamp set-up on 05 August 2015 in Turkey Canyon at 5400 ft. elevation on Forest Road 527, Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe Ranger District within Queen 7.5 minute quadrangle, Eddy Co., NM. Several other insect images from this event are posted.

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Beetle, dorsal, live - Orizabus mcclevei - male Beetle, dorsal - Orizabus mcclevei Beetle, ventral - Orizabus mcclevei - male Beetle, lateral - Orizabus mcclevei - male Beetle, anterior - Orizabus mcclevei - male Lateral paramera - Orizabus mcclevei - male Dorsal paramera - Orizabus mcclevei - male Tegmen - Orizabus mcclevei - male Tegmen, opposite side - Orizabus mcclevei - male

Moved
Moved from Orizabus.

Again, moved tentatively. If Orizabus is correct, then its 16.9 mm pyriform body and "antennal club obviously longer than distance between clypeal carina and frontal tubercle" key it to O. mcclevei(1). I'll email Bill Warner.

 
Bill Warner's reply and new images
I emailed Bill Warner for confirmation that it's O. mcclevei. He replied, "It certainly looks like it...of course there could always be another new species floating around as many Orizabus are similar externally. Check the pecker vs. figs in my review(1)".

Per suggestion, I've added KOH cleared views of the paramera and tegmen. The key feature, "paramera with lateral tooth at about apical third" and its resemblance to Bill's Fig. 20 and Fig. 21 appear to confirm the ID. Note, though, the much steeper slope of the paramera's articulated joint with the basal segment seen in my specimen's lateral view. Bill's paper does not have corresponding images of the tegmen, but it might be worth taking a look. If someone can tell me which of my views of the tegmen is dorsal, I'll clarify the image titles.

Moved tentatively
Moved from Scarab Beetles.

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