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Copyright © 2009 Ray Lemke

Long-Horned Beetle? - Rhodoleptus femoratus

Tucson (Desert Museum), Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 1, 2009

I couldn't get another shot from any other angle. ID?

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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 10 August, 2009 - 10:35pm
Last updated 19 January, 2010 - 5:04pm

Moved

Moved from Plinthocoelium suaveolens plicatum.

… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2009 - 10:45pm

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Not Plinthocoelium...

Fred Skillman is a good cerambycid guy, but I believe this is Rhodoleptus femoratus (Schaeffer). Compare to these photos - note the orange head, pronotum and elytral base and dark elytral apex and humeral markings. The legs are marked orange and black in similar fashion to Plinthocoelium; however, in Rhodoleptus the tibiae are not as expanded and flattened.

This would appear to be a new genus/species for BugGuide.

… Ted C. MacRae, 30 September, 2009 - 10:19pm

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This is quite interesting

I would not have recognised it as Plinthocoelium, but Fred is THE local expert. My question to you Ray, is, are you 100% sure that you took this photo at the ASDM???? I am putting together an illustrated species list for them and I did not expect to see this one. It seems that you were travelling in AZ. Is it at all possible that you took the photo somwhere else?

… margarethe brummermann, 18 September, 2009 - 4:56pm

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Location of Pic

Hello Margarethe. Yes, this photo was definitely taken at the Desert Museum. It was in shrubbery along the paved path between the walk-in aviary and the Ironwood Gift Shop. Unfortunately it was too deep in the foliage for me to leave the path and get a pic from another angle.

… Ray Lemke, 18 September, 2009 - 6:07pm

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Moved

Moved from Bumelia Borer.

… margarethe brummermann, 18 September, 2009 - 4:44pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ray Lemke, 11 August, 2009 - 2:57pm

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Plinthocoelium suaveolens pli

Plinthocoelium suaveolens plicatum (LeConte)

… F. Skillman, 11 August, 2009 - 1:46am

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