Hylastes/Hylurgops - Hylurgops porosus

Moved

… Guy A. Hanley, 8 December, 2009 - 5:00pm

Moved

I am putting this guy back in ID request to get some ideas, We may think that the genus is not right, and that it may be hylurgops. I have Brown (1982) but still cannot get it comfortably through the keys. Anyone have knowledge in the Hylastes, Hylurgops complex to add their comments?

… Guy A. Hanley, 7 December, 2009 - 10:33am

Moving to ID Request...

Hi, Guy. Sadly, I'm not sure how many people are going to actually see this post in order to give it a fresh look and provide more input. A few of us diligent editors will undoubtedly find it, but because ID Request sorts images by the original submission date, your image is actually dead-last in the queue... Only way around this I can think of is to delete this post and re-submit a new one in its place, but then you'd lose all of the comments already attached to this current post.

… Harsi S. Parker, 8 December, 2009 - 1:58pm

Yea

I caught that too, but I am now pretty confidant that this is actually Hylurgops porosus based on large and small punctures mixed equally on the pronotum, so I am going to move it there.

… Guy A. Hanley, 8 December, 2009 - 4:58pm

Moved

Moved from Hylastes.

… Guy A. Hanley, 22 April, 2009 - 10:26am

could be

There's a positively ID'd H. porculus here:
http://www.forestryimages.org/images/768x512/2516006.jpg
and salebrosus here:
http://www.forestryimages.org/images/768x512/2516005.jpg
It's been awhile, but my recollection is that porculus is somewhat duller and less robust than salebrosus and the elytral punctures are much more pronounced. Also, I think that the pronotum is differently-shaped in a dorsal view, with the base of the pronotum flaring out more in salebrosus. I could be misremembering though.

… David Almquist, 21 November, 2008 - 1:45pm

Thanks

for the help, I just got the big thick monograph on the scolytidae of North and Central America, Ill see how this guy compares with that and with your notes here.

… Guy A. Hanley, 24 November, 2008 - 8:33am