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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Ampedini » Ampedus » Ampedus rubricollis
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red-headed click beetle - Ampedus rubricollis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

red-headed click beetle - Ampedus rubricollis
Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
April 27, 2005
Looks like it could be Ampedus rubricus.
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Contributed by tom murray on 7 May, 2005 - 9:29am
Last updated 15 March, 2018 - 1:50pm

suspect Ampedus verticinus
with those Albanian Air Force insignia or whatever
Moved from Ampedus.
… v belov, 14 June, 2009 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… tom murray, 24 August, 2007 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

I have pix showing the black
I have pix showing the black areas of the pronotum toward the front, although this species could have a variable pattern of black on the pronutum. How long was this beetle? A. rubricus ranges 7 - 9 mm according to Dillons, who also say the basal 3 segments of antennae and tarsi are somewhat lighter in color.
… Jim McClarin, 7 May, 2005 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
probably not Ampedus rubricus
The size was in the right range of about 8mm, but like you noticed, the black markings were in the wrong place.
This other one has the markings on the front of the pronotum.
… tom murray, 7 May, 2005 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, that's the same as the b
Yes, that's the same as the beetle I photographed. I just collected some like your recent beetle yesterday and hope to shoot them this evening, so I'm interested in learning the ID too.
… Jim McClarin, 7 May, 2005 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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