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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soft-bodied Plant Beetles (Artematopodidae) » Eurypogon » Eurypogon californicus
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Eurypogon species - Eurypogon californicus - female
Copyright © 2008 Rick Buss

Eurypogon species - Eurypogon californicus - Female
Taos ski valley, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
July 2, 2005
Size: 4.4 mm
This is an eastern Eurypogon, but I have found it several times in NM. I checked the original lit for ID. Check antennal segs 2,3,4. Eurypogon can be distinguished from Macropogon by only 2,3 being small.
E. niger can be told from E. harrisi because 2+3 almost equals 4 in niger.
*** well the above sentence is not true. It comes from D&A but is no longer valid.

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 20 June, 2008 - 9:40am
Last updated 25 May, 2016 - 10:07pm

Moved
Moved from Eurypogon.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 4 January, 2016 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

changed ID
I originally used Downie and Arnett to ID this specimen.
After working with my colleague Kevin Hinson, reviewing the literature on Eurypogon, it is apparent that these specimens are actually E. harrisii. The key in D&A is misleading. We checked this with Dan Young.
Several other identifications of Eurypogon in this guide may need to be moved. We are writing up a paper on this. I thought to leave these pics at the Eurypogon level for now.
… Rick Buss, 7 July, 2014 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

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Moved
Moved from Eurypogon niger.
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Rick and I got this sorted ou
Rick and I got this sorted out...This is E. californicus based on body length, light colored hair over entire dorsum, shape of pronotum, and western distribution. Refer to the following: Hinson,K.R. and R.J. Buss. 2015. New state records and identification of North American Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae), with a lectotype designation for Eurypogon niger (Melsheimer). The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(4): 768-772.
… Kevin Hinson, 28 December, 2015 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

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