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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Xyloperthini » Xylobiops » Red-shouldered Bostrichid (Xylobiops basilaris)
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Xylobiops basilaris
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Xylobiops basilaris
Duke Forest off of Hwy 751, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
August 25, 2007
Size: 5mm
At a lighted sheet, size approximate. Note the heavy load of mites on the abdomen--we thought this was damage at first.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 28 August, 2007 - 4:54pm
Last updated 29 August, 2007 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Bark and Ambrosia Beetles.
… Cotinis, 28 August, 2007 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Xylobiops basilaris - Red-shouldered Bostrichid
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Those are bostrichid antennae.
… Jim McClarin, 28 August, 2007 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Again, thanks for all your help, Jim. I thought these would take a couple of days--instead they took 15 minutes to identify.
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