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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Callidiini » Phymatodes » Phymatodes nitidus
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New small insect to ID - Phymatodes nitidus
Copyright © 2007 Kildale

New small insect to ID - Phymatodes nitidus
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
July 6, 2007
This was a very small insect about 1/4 inch on a fennel plant. Would appreciate any info about it. Thank you.
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Contributed by Kildale on 6 July, 2007 - 7:37pm
Last updated 8 July, 2007 - 9:45pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorned Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 8 July, 2007 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Cerambycidae.
Ted MacRae will probably know this one, but I'm placing my bets on the genus Phymatodes, a longhorned beetle. Nice shot, nice find:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Longhorn ID
Thank you Eric, it was very small.
… Kildale, 6 July, 2007 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
I believe this is...
...Phymatodes nitidus.
… Ted C. MacRae, 8 July, 2007 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

 
How variable is this species?
The stripes don't match up with the pix we have:
… Jim McClarin, 8 July, 2007 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
???
This specimen agrees pretty well with both the type specimen of P. nitidus and this more similarly colored specimen. Despite Chemsak's ID of the specimen in the photo you reference as P. nitidus, it actually looks more to me like P. vulneratus (compare with this specimen). Note the broadly rounded pronotum of P. nitidus, versus the narrower and only slightly expanded pronotum of P. vulneratus, in addition to the differences in the elytral markings.
… Ted C. MacRae, 8 July, 2007 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thank you Ted for the ID, Eric mentioned that you would be the one to confirm it. Thanks again.
… Kildale, 8 July, 2007 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

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