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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Fire-Colored Beetles (Pyrochroidae) » Pedilinae » Pedilus » Pedilus lewisii
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Fire-Colored Beetle - Pedilus lewisii - male
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Fire-Colored Beetle - Pedilus lewisii - Male
near Alpine, Apache County, Arizona, USA
June 23, 2008
Size: 7mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2008 - 12:01pm
Last updated 14 January, 2009 - 5:53pm

Thanks Dan!
Moved from Pedilus.
… tom murray, 14 January, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Pedilus lewisii (Horn)
This is an adult male of Pedilus lewisii (Horn). As is true of many N.A. species of Pedilus, color of the head, prothorax, and legs is quite variable. The elytral apices (color, impression shape, etc.) is typically diagnostic for N.A males (although the color of the elytral apices in P. lewisii is also variable).
- Dan Young, University of Wisconsin
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 14 January, 2009 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Stephen
Moved from Beetles.
… tom murray, 5 July, 2008 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

I'd say Pyrochroid
... probably Pedilus. I think only the males have the depressed elytral apices.
… Stephen Luk, 5 July, 2008 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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