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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Bothriderid group » Teredidae » Oxylaemus » Oxylaemus californicus
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Oxylaemus californicus
Copyright © 2008 Rick Buss

Oxylaemus californicus
Sandia Mnts, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
May 20, 2000
Size: 3.4 mm
This species should be in Pacific Northwest, OR, WA, ID and north CA. I found one specimen in long dead ponderosa pine stump in NM at about 2800 meters elevation. This was such a giant range extension that I actually checked specimens in the LA county museum to verify that the ID was correct.

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 7 January, 2008 - 4:39pm

New Mexico
Thanks for posting this. I had some traps in NM this past summer and just found what I believe to be the same species!
… Philipp Wickey, 31 October, 2016 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Very interesting
(I just returned from travel and saw your comment)
I'm really interested in any other observations on Oxylaemus in NM. After years of searching, I have never found another. There are several vaguely similar beetles which I find a lot.
The Tenebrionid Corticeus has different antennae:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/717286
or many Rhizophagus sp. with an exposed pygidium beyond the elytra:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/479150/bgimage
If you are fairly sure it is Oxylaemus, I'd love to hear the details of trapping it. email: hobuss at comcast.net
… Rick Buss, 6 November, 2016 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Another great contribution. BTW, I have a bothriderid I will post shortly. Maybe you can help ID it...
… Brad Barnd, 7 January, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

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