Cylidrella championi Wickham - Nemozoma championi

What was the collection method?

Was it under bark?

… Jim McClarin, 14 April, 2011 - 4:45am

good hand-eye coordination

I just saw this one by accident. In 2010 I found them in large numbers running around on newly dead spruce and entering scolytid galleries. I collected eggs and got lots of photos. Hoping to get a few more observations later this spring.

… Rick Buss, 14 April, 2011 - 6:41am

Wow!

Large numbers of a very rare beetle! You must be very popular with curators and collectors just now :-)

Will you post in situ photos here? I greatly value records beyond the pointed specimen.

… Jim McClarin, 14 April, 2011 - 6:55am

not much of a photographer

I am never pleased with my live photography. I don't have good camera equipment. Compared to the stunning images that show up here, mine are nothing. Maybe I'll add a couple live shots of adults and larvae but they won't be quality photos.
Also, by the way, "rare" should be relabeled "rarely collected". I think these will turn out to be common in the right place and time.

… Rick Buss, 14 April, 2011 - 7:40am

Yeah,

the small stuff I've shot in Ecuador my last two visits has been woefully lacking too. My Canon PowerShot Pro captured decent detail using a lens taken from a defunct B&W photocopier, but the color was off by a mile and the camera's hot shoe no longer works. I'm near to a major upgrade though. I can't be embarking on my tropical beetle photographing retirement with a chintzy camera ;-)

… Jim McClarin, 14 April, 2011 - 9:02am

Moved

Moved from Bark-gnawing Beetles.

… v belov, 25 June, 2009 - 6:31pm

what a treat...

… v belov, 25 June, 2009 - 6:30pm

we celebrated

My wife and I hike the mountains every weekend, and she has heard me muttering Cylidrella every time we enter Englemann's spruce forest for all these years. We opened a bottle of fine wine to celebrate.

… Rick Buss, 25 June, 2009 - 6:35pm

Great find!

A cautionary word: Dajoz "species" should be taken with a grain of salt; he is notorious for creating synonyms.

… Michael C. Thomas, 26 June, 2009 - 8:02am

thanks

Thanks for the cautionary note. There was a report of C. mollis found from the Yuma, AZ area around 1897, on Parkinsonia plants. There was never a followup, but this could be a different species (not mollis from Guademala, and not championi which like spruce). I thought maybe this was related to what Dajoz was reporting. C. championi is known only from Ouray, Colorado and the Capitan Mnts of NM. Now the Sandia Mnts as well. I need to get Dajoz's paper, and fortunately I read French quite well.

… Rick Buss, 26 June, 2009 - 1:28pm