Silvanid Flat Bark Beetle - Silvanoprus scuticollis

must be Silvanoprus scuticollis -- nice!!!

sorry guys, RL & Natter -- i was so damn busy today with heteropterans that failed to keep up with the flow and let you down...
will ask Dr Thomas to check, but feel quite confident about the ID

… v belov, 6 July, 2009 - 4:00pm

Ah ha!

I had looked at Silvanoprus too, but thought it looked more like a Silvanus. This is why I was just guessing :-P

… Natalie Hernandez, 6 July, 2009 - 6:37pm

Natter, you bright girl--

for goodness'sake, why didn't you take a look at the family page

???????

… v belov, 6 July, 2009 - 6:56pm

Haha I looked at the family images....

And somehow I completely missed that one. Hm....

… Natalie Hernandez, 6 July, 2009 - 7:09pm

Silvanid?

I wanted to guess before V got to it :-P I'm thinking Silvanus. I'll wait to see what he says though, I might be way off.

… Natalie Hernandez, 6 July, 2009 - 12:41pm

Possibly

Ahasverus rectus? Time of the year looks right, also.

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 6 July, 2009 - 12:46pm

Look at the pronotum

The Ahasverus isn't spiked like your specimen. Might just be something that varies in that genus though.

… Natalie Hernandez, 6 July, 2009 - 2:29pm