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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Dascilloidea » Cicada Parasite Beetles (Rhipiceridae) » Sandalus » Sandalus randyi
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Sandalus porosus LeConte - Sandalus randyi - female
Copyright © 2009 Kyle Schnepp

Sandalus porosus LeConte - Sandalus randyi - Female
Martin County, Florida, USA
August 8, 2009
Size: 15mm
This isn't the other two widespread eastern species, so I assume it's porosus.
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Contributed by Kyle Schnepp on 2 October, 2009 - 8:48pm
Last updated 11 June, 2019 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Sandalus porosus.
… MJ Paulsen, 11 June, 2019 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Sandalus
Leconte's description of S. porosus (based on 3 females from New Mexico and the Arkansas River), states that the thorax has straight sides (as in S. niger) and is densely punctured, with some larger punctures intermixed. This all corresponds with your specimen. He goes on to state that the species is unique among Nearctic Sandalus in having the elytra concave and narrowly margined at the base. I'm not sure what exactly he means by this or if this matches your specimen.
… Joe R., 12 February, 2018 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
S. randyi
And six months after I make this comment this Floridian species is described.

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Coleopterists-Bulletin/volume-72/issue-2/0010-065X-72.2.241/A-New-Species-of-iSandalus-i-Knoch-Coleoptera--Rhipiceridae/10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.241.short
… Joe R., 11 June, 2019 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
I trust your IDs :)
… Tim Loh, 5 October, 2009 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

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