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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) » Prioninae » Prionini » Prionus
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large jawed beetle - Prionus
Copyright © 2016 Kurt R. Schwarz

large jawed beetle - Prionus
Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, USA
July 23, 2016

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Contributed by Kurt R. Schwarz on 11 August, 2016 - 1:10pm
Last updated 12 August, 2016 - 7:17am

Moved, Prionus sp.
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 12 August, 2016 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

Prionus imbricornis or Prionus laticollus - Female
Kurt,it appears to be a Prionus imbricornis or Prionus laticollus - Female , or there abouts ! Nice Mandibles ! Cheers ! Gene St. Denis Sierra Nevada Research
… Gene St. Denis, 11 August, 2016 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Either species would make a new county record
Three species of Prionus have been recorded in MD, P. oculars being the third, but does not look like our critter here.

http://marylandbiodiversity.com/viewChecklist.php?order=Coleoptera

Request, if possible, to nail down the species
… Kurt R. Schwarz, 12 August, 2016 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

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