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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Prioninae » Mallodonini » Nothopleurus » Nothopleurus lobigenis
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Male prionid with long mandibels - Nothopleurus lobigenis - male
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Male prionid with long mandibels - Nothopleurus lobigenis - Male
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 17, 2008
Size: 47 mm
After the discussions about the large long-horned beetles around Tucson, I got curious and went looking for a male - at our only night-lighted place in Picture Rocks, the gas station (unleaded $3.869). I found several females, several male Derobrachus, and this guy.

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Male prionid with long mandibels - Nothopleurus lobigenis - male Male prionid with long mandibels - Nothopleurus lobigenis - male Male prionid with long mandibels - Nothopleurus lobigenis - male Male prionid with long mandibels - Nothopleurus lobigenis - male
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 18 July, 2008 - 9:15am
Last updated 18 July, 2008 - 5:08pm

Moved
Moved from Macrotomini.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 18 July, 2008 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Nothopleurus lobigenus
Wow Margarethe, great beetles and gas for under $4! What more could you ask for?
… Dennis Haines, 18 July, 2008 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
Are you absolutely certain th
Are you absolutely certain this is a male?
… Dennis Haines, 18 July, 2008 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
I think so
foolproof sign when the beetle is alife?
… margarethe brummermann, 18 July, 2008 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
The female mandibles should b
The female mandibles should be shorter than the head and more strongly curved. The fifth abdominal sternite on the male is very transverse and has a dense fringe of golden hairs. The female fifth sternite is moderately long with a broadly emarginate apex.
… Dennis Haines, 18 July, 2008 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
I am adding
abdominal detail to the picture of the female. http://bugguide.net/node/view/203150
… margarethe brummermann, 18 July, 2008 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Abdominal segments ventral shot added
http://bugguide.net/node/view/203154
yes, it is a boy!
… margarethe brummermann, 18 July, 2008 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, its a male Nothopleurus
Yes, its a male Nothopleurus lobigenus.
… Dennis Haines, 18 July, 2008 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

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