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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Pseudozonitis » Pseudozonitis longicornis
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BG2610 E4624 - Pseudozonitis longicornis
Copyright © 2009 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG2610 E4624 - Pseudozonitis longicornis
Barney Farm, Hwy 103, 1.0 mi. NW Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 24, 2009
Size: 12.3 mm.
Appears to be the same as our photo posted here and identified as Pseudozonitis, but possibly better views of details.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 8 December, 2009 - 4:58pm
Last updated 7 February, 2010 - 3:16pm

from John Pinto: "looks to be Pseudozonitis longicornis (Horn).
"...The other possibility is roseomaculatus but I'm discounting that based on head color and to some extent on geography. One really needs to see the underside of the head (for ventral extension of eyes) to identify Pseudozonitis to species. Unfortunately this is the last thing one would see in a photograph."

Moved from Pseudozonitis.
… v belov, 9 December, 2009 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 8 December, 2009 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

beautiful images as usual...
interesting color pattern to coincide with the lampyrids! Agree with genus and will move, appropriately!
… Blaine Mathison, 8 December, 2009 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Unreal!
That is a very convincing mimic indeed! Interesting that both beetles have potent chemical defenses, albeit different ones.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 December, 2009 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

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