Eulichadidae, Stenocolus scutellaris LeConte, 1853 - Stenocolus scutellaris

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Copyright © 2008 Dennis Haines

Eulichadidae, Stenocolus scutellaris LeConte, 1853 - Stenocolus scutellaris -

Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California, USA
August 1, 1932
Size: 21 mm.

Merry Christmas Phil, I was looking through the Wagner/Scott Collection and came across a unit tray of beetles that didn't have a family associated with them. So I did a bit of investigating and here you have the elusive Eulichadidae.

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Eulichadidae, Stenocolus scutellaris LeConte, 1853 - Stenocolus scutellaris - female

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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 20 December, 2008 - 11:40am
Last updated 28 July, 2010 - 11:41am

great job

this is one I've never seen - interesting.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 20 December, 2008 - 11:20pm

So we are going to collect th

So we are going to collect these right? :)

… William Ericson, 20 December, 2008 - 8:56pm

We certainly can hope to see

We certainly can hope to see them if you make the trip in August (and you are correct in assuming the source of this specimen). I need to look through the odds and ends in my collection to see if I had picked them up in the past. Its not the kind of thing I would have ignored if the opportunity presented itself.

… Dennis Haines, 20 December, 2008 - 9:38pm

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