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Sarpedon scabrosus
Photo#160606
Copyright © 2007
Dennis Haines
Sarpedon scabrosus
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Ash Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
June 13, 1984
Size: ca. 5 mm.
This little guy has great antennae. I've wondered about him for years. He's somewhat cylindrical in cross-section.
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Contributed by
Dennis Haines
on 11 December, 2007 - 5:26pm
Last updated 13 December, 2007 - 11:21am
Yep
As a specialist of NA Eucnemidae, I have seen them in fairly decent numbers, especially in the central US like Oklahoma. It is Sarpedon scabrosus. I am on the hunt to look for the immatures of this species.
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Robert Otto
, 6 March, 2008 - 9:43pm
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Not Mela*sis
Yours has bipectinate antennae, and tibiae are normal. In Mela*sis, antennae are pectinate on one side only, and tibiae showel-blade-like.
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Boris Büche
, 12 December, 2007 - 6:10am
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I was gonna mention that diff
I was gonna mention that difference but I thought I was just confused!
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 12 December, 2007 - 12:15pm
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The females are coarsely bise
The females' are coarsely biserrate. I have 9 males and 3 females. I've taken a couple more pictures, but the battery died and I'll have to get a new one to download.
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Dennis Haines
, 12 December, 2007 - 10:49am
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Sarpedon?
American Beetles mentions that Sarpedon scabrosus has bipectinate, but I haven't seen any specimens.
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Rick Buss
, 12 December, 2007 - 9:31am
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plausible
link
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 12 December, 2007 - 10:46am
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That does look like what I ha
That does look like what I have in front of me. The antennae are an exact match.
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Dennis Haines
, 12 December, 2007 - 10:54am
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Eucnemidae
at first glance
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 11 December, 2007 - 6:28pm
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I agree with Eucnemidae.
I agree with Eucnemidae.
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Dennis Haines
, 12 December, 2007 - 12:26am
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Melasis?
The antennae kind of look like the Melasis species on Bugguide, The California Beetle Project doesn't list many species for this family, though I don't know how accurate it is
http://www.sbcollections.org/cbp/DB_Query.aspx?Field=family&Value=Eucnemidae
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 11 December, 2007 - 10:22pm
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