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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Stenochiinae » Cnodalonini » Xylopinus » Xylopinus saperdoides
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Darkling Beetle - Xylopinus saperdoides
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Darkling Beetle - Xylopinus saperdoides
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 6, 2005
Size: 12-14mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 22 July, 2005 - 2:38pm
Last updated 4 January, 2006 - 8:36pm

Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae: Xylopinus rufipes?
I think maybe Xylopinus rufipes. Also about 25 mm long?
… Donald S. Chandler, 3 January, 2006 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Xylopinus rufipes?
I tried googling up Xylopinus rufipes, and couldn't find anything, and Nearctica only lists X. aenescens and X. saperdoides under Xylopinus. But this site lists a red-legged variety of Xylopinus saperdoides.
… tom murray, 4 January, 2006 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus needs revision!
There are several comments in the literature that allude to this genus needing a revision. However, Xylopinus rufipes is an available name and this is where this specimen would go if it is a valid name (sorry for the taxonomic talk). We do have this red-legged form in NH, and I have identified it as X. rufipes, but again, the genus is in need of revision.
… Donald S. Chandler, 4 January, 2006 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Placement?
Donald, should this have it's own page as Xylopinus rufipes, and leave the black-legged one as Xylopinus saperdoides?
… tom murray, 4 January, 2006 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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