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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Pill Beetles (Byrrhidae) » Byrrhinae » Simplocariini » Simplocaria » Simplocaria metallica
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Genus Simplocaria - Simplocaria metallica
Copyright © 2017 Philipp Wickey

Genus Simplocaria - Simplocaria metallica
Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
July 1, 2016
Size: ~4mm
Id courtesy of Boris Büche

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Contributed by Philipp Wickey on 16 January, 2017 - 1:15am
Last updated 19 January, 2017 - 10:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

There are 3 Simplocaria spp. in North America. Based on its elongate form, thick recumbent pubescence, and locality, it appears to be S. metallica.(1)
… Edward L. Ruden, 16 January, 2017 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

 
Length?
Can you say how long it is, not including the extended genitalia?
… Edward L. Ruden, 16 January, 2017 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, just got the request!
Sorry, just got the request!
… Philipp Wickey, 19 January, 2017 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

 
B.Buche mentioned that the ra
B.Buche mentioned that the range for S.metallica might not go this far south, but I can see from the following they do make it into Colorado, so it does not seem entirely unreasonable to think they might make it down into NM. http://www.sdstate.edu/sites/default/files/ps/Severin-McDaniel/project-byrrhus/upload/list.pdf
… Philipp Wickey, 16 January, 2017 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
The only other elongate form (S. elongata) isn't known in North America south of Canada. The thick recumbent pubescence separates them. This is very similar:

Colorado is not that far from Los Alamos.
… Edward L. Ruden, 16 January, 2017 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep totally agree. Bandelier
Yep totally agree. Bandelier is part of the southern most reaches of the Rockies so it seems reasonable to think this can be part of their range. Thanks!
… Philipp Wickey, 16 January, 2017 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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