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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » False Click Beetles (Eucnemidae) » Melasinae » Dirhagini » Sarpedon » Sarpedon scabrosus
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Sarpedon scabrosus - male
Copyright © 2007 Dennis Haines

Sarpedon scabrosus - Male
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.
… Robert Otto, 6 March, 2008 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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.
… Boris Büche, 12 December, 2007 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

 
I was gonna mention that diff
I was gonna mention that difference but I thought I was just confused!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 December, 2007 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

 
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.
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2007 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

 
Sarpedon?
American Beetles mentions that Sarpedon scabrosus has bipectinate, but I haven't seen any specimens.
… Rick Buss, 12 December, 2007 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
plausible
link
… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 December, 2007 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
That does look like what I ha
That does look like what I have in front of me. The antennae are an exact match.
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2007 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Eucnemidae
at first glance
… Phillip Harpootlian, 11 December, 2007 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Eucnemidae.
I agree with Eucnemidae.
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2007 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

 
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
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 December, 2007 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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