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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Xenorhipidini » Xenorhipidina » Hesperorhipis » Hesperorhipis albofasciata
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Hesperorhipis albofasciatus - Hesperorhipis albofasciata
Copyright © 2007 Dennis Haines

Hesperorhipis albofasciatus - Hesperorhipis albofasciata
Ash Mountain, Tulare County, California, USA
June 17, 1984
Size: ca. 3 mm
In keeping with the theme of fancy antennae, here's Hesperorhipis albofasciatus. Its not very big but is fantastic under a scope.

Hesperorhipis is identified by the pectinate antennae and abreviated elytra.
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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 13 December, 2007 - 3:49pm
Last updated 13 December, 2007 - 5:02pm

Spelling correction...
...page should be amended to Dennis' correct spelling of the specific epithet.
… Ted C. MacRae, 14 December, 2007 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
?
I've seen it spelled both ways - this is based on Bellamy's list and Catalog. Any idea why the alternative is used - gender of genus? It appears that Fall's original sp. was -us.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 14 December, 2007 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops...
...you are correct - I was looking at Fall's original spelling when he described the genus, but the gender of the genus is, in fact, feminine.
… Ted C. MacRae, 14 December, 2007 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood Boring Beetles. Four similar looking species, all in California.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 13 December, 2007 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

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