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Euphoria pilipennis
Copyright © 2008 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Euphoria pilipennis
Pratt Sandhills, Pratt County, Kansas, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: 12mm
I believe this is Euphoria kernii, could anyone confirm this for me?
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 3 September, 2008 - 7:39pm
Last updated 4 April, 2017 - 2:46pm

Not too common
Doesn't appear to be a common species, at least in Kansas :-)
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 3 September, 2008 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
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Evidently restricted to Sandy locales and maybe associated with ants. My guess is that it's not uncommon in the right habitat, at the right time of year, if you know where to look.....

http://www.jstor.org/pss/3623713 - old collecting notes for this sp. from Kansas!

Paulsen, M.J. 2002. Notes on possible myrmecophily in Stephanucha pilipennis Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 56(3): 451-452. View
… Phillip Harpootlian, 4 September, 2008 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Is the clypeus dentate?
I'm thinking Euphoria [was Stephanucha] pilipennis
… Phillip Harpootlian, 3 September, 2008 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Indeed!
Yes indeed, goes again to show that until I get some more experience under my belt I should really stop labeling things to species. I've been fixing my labels to reflect whether or not an expert such as you has ID'd it, or if it was just me, making it an educated guess. I definitely learned a lot about collections and the danger of letting untrained (so far) peoples such as myself ID stuff further than genus!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 3 September, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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