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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Xyloperthini » Xylobiops » Red-shouldered Bostrichid (Xylobiops basilaris)
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Bostrichidae sp. - Xylobiops basilaris
Copyright © 2005 Matthew Roth

Bostrichidae sp. - Xylobiops basilaris
Mountville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 31, 2005
Size: 1/8 inch long
A specimen from my collection. Does anyone know a genus or species? Thanks!

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Bostrichidae sp. - Xylobiops basilaris Bostrichidae sp. - Xylobiops basilaris
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Contributed by Matthew Roth on 8 September, 2005 - 7:08pm
Last updated 21 October, 2010 - 7:49pm

Xylobiops basilaris.
This is the "red-shouldered bostrichid," Xylobiops basilaris. Thanks for the images. This is a very common insect at lights at night in the eastern U.S.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 September, 2005 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I thought it couldn'
Thanks! I thought it couldn't be too rare, but I looked for about 15 min and I didn't find it.
… Matthew Roth, 9 September, 2005 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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