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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) » Perothops » Perothops witticki
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Perothops witticki
Copyright © 2007 Dennis Haines

Perothops witticki
Ash Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
May 18, 1981
Size: ca. 2 cm.
These can be quite common fliers in the chapparal.
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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 11 December, 2007 - 3:24pm
Last updated 12 December, 2007 - 11:06pm

Perothops cervina???
I am a specialist of NA Eucnemidae and I came across this rather late. I have been studying Perothops, trying to differentiate P. witticki from P. cervina. They are too close together in terms of their appearences. I will revisit the issue personally since I have the Cobos article and try and translate it. It'll take a few days, since I am still recovering from a very bad virulent cold.

Posted a thread regarding the best way to identify Californian Perothops. The link is: http://bugguide.net/node/view/172244

Based on the information I think the identity is confirmed as P. witticki, based on the hind angles. Need to look at the prosternal process between the coxae.
… Robert Otto, 6 March, 2008 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Stethon.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 December, 2007 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Perothops witticki.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 December, 2007 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 December, 2007 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
family
American Beetles (1) has Perothops in Eucnemidae. What source has it in Throscidae?
… Joyce Gross, 11 December, 2007 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
You are right. It should be E
You are right. It should be Eucnemidae. I think I was suffering from a mental block yesterday.
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2007 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

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