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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 » subgenus Prionus (Prionus subgenus Prionus) » Prionus heroicus
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Large Black Beetle - Prionus heroicus
Copyright © 2018 smulder

Large Black Beetle - Prionus heroicus
Tijeras, New Mexico, USA
July 9, 2018
Size: 2 inches
Large black beetle found outside in the evening.
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Contributed by smulder on 9 July, 2018 - 11:00pm
Last updated 11 July, 2018 - 8:58am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 July, 2018 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Prionus heroicus Semenov 1907
Hard to find female...they don't fly.
… Bruce Tilden, 10 July, 2018 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
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Bruce, I have some Prionus specimens from Madera Canyon that I have been struggling to ID. What character state do you see in this picture that lets you ID this as heroicus as opposed to californicus?
… Eric Chapman, 10 July, 2018 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Prionid
It is a Cerambycid in the Subfamily Prioninae.
My guess is the Genus Prionus, but wait for confirmation.
… Jeff Brown, 9 July, 2018 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Prionus is correct
.
… Eric Chapman, 10 July, 2018 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

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