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yucca beetle - Mycterus quadricollis - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Joyce Gross

yucca beetle - Mycterus quadricollis - Male Female
Pinyon Flats Campground off Hwy 74 in the San Jacinto / Santa Rosa Mtns, Riverside County, California, USA
May 8, 2008
Size: 5 & 6 mm
I first thought these were chrysomelids but the antennae look wrong. This is a male and female -- the male has fancier antennae and is a little smaller than the female. There were a lot of these feeding on yucca flowers. They were especially active at night but they were not hard to find in the daytime also.
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 5 June, 2008 - 11:48am
Last updated 6 March, 2011 - 1:11am

Mycterus quadricollis Horn -- det. D.A. Pollock
Moved from Mycterus.
… v belov, 6 March, 2011 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

mycterids
I am pretty sure these are Mycterus. See here or here or here for Harvard types. I can't make out tarsal count on metathoracic legs. Will be 4 if a mycterid. Matches drawing of Mycterus in American Beetles quite nicely.

Nice find and great pics!
… Jeff Gruber, 5 June, 2008 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

 
mycterids
I think you're right Jeff -- thanks! I spent a long while trying to figure out what these are ... after I realized they're not chrysomelids. The tarsal count on the metathoracic legs is 4 -- I added this photo:


I don't think this is the same Mycterus species (concolor) as the one depicted in American Beetles ... the second Harvard type you link to looks closest. SBMNH lists 4 Mycterus in California. Specimens of one of them were collected within half a mile of where I was. I'll see what I can find out from Essig museum specimens when I get a chance.
… Joyce Gross, 5 June, 2008 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

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