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Photo#1407851
Unknown beetle? - Asydates vandykei

Unknown beetle? - Asydates vandykei
Arroyo Burro Trail, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
July 20, 2017
Size: ~4mm
Found on Stephanomeria cichoriacea flower at noon
N34.4990271, W119.7484407 elev: ~825m

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Nice find
This is a Scelopristis, probably the male of S. vandykei (Blaisdell). Most members of the genus are partial to various species of Stephanomeria, which are among the very few flowers blooming in this part of the world during the extra-crispy late summer / early fall season. This species, along with a the other Scelopristis and a few currently in Trichochrous, will probably be consolidated into Asydates as a result of some work that Adriean Mayor and I are doing. Some, like this species and S. grandiceps, have males with enlarged heads. Very interesting group--stay tuned.

This will be the same species as the dasytine in the photo from the same time/place.

Dasytinae: ?Listrini gen.sp.
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