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Longhorn Beetle - Tetrops praeusta
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Luk

Longhorn Beetle - Tetrops praeusta
Preservation Park, Guelph (N43º30'21"W080º13'25"), Wellington, Ontario, Canada
July 4, 2009
Size: 5.4 mm
Tetrops praeusta (Linnaeus, 1758). Yanega(1) reports on this European species as having been "collected at scattered localities in the NE and may now be established in NA". This specimen was collected by sweeping trail-side vegetation. The Guelph collection has at least three Ontario specimens that were retrieved from pan traps. Further reading in Dec. 2000 issue of Insecta Mundi
Contributed by Stephen Luk on 24 July, 2009 - 1:43pm
Last updated 13 January, 2010 - 7:31am

fallen thru the cracks
oddly, ON record is not in the latest Canada checklist(1)
… v belov, 14 February, 2014 - 11:55am

a familiar [flat] face... :-]
very common in Europe indeed -- and another [nice? sad?] addition to our long list of foreign invaders... Thanks, Stephen!

Moved from Tetraopini.
… v belov, 24 July, 2009 - 1:46pm

 
An intriguing find...
I was certainly surprised when I discovered the identity of this beetle!
… Stephen Luk, 24 July, 2009 - 2:31pm

 
ON provincial record yet unpublished?
a 2010 paper(1) still lists QC only
… v belov, 3 June, 2011 - 9:21am

 
Maybe not
Ontario specimens from Guelph (2002, 2009) and Milton (2001) were not survey material. The species might be widespread across southern Ontario.
… Stephen Luk, 3 June, 2011 - 9:45am

 
thanks
i sent a FYI note to Dr Grebennikov
… v belov, 3 June, 2011 - 9:48am

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