Orchestomerus - Orchestomerus eisemani

Moved

Moved from Orchestomerus wickhami.

… v belov, 12 June, 2014 - 2:00pm

thanks, Bob

Moved from Orchestomerus ulkei.

… v belov, 29 April, 2014 - 12:29pm

Moved tentatively -- extremely nice curc! will ask Bob to check

=Hypocoeliodes ulkei (Dietz)

Moved from Orchestomerus.

… v belov, 18 February, 2010 - 10:20pm

ID confirmed by Robert Anderson

his comment: "I am pretty sure that is it. That said, I think there may be more than the one species in the eastern USA. There are 3 in USA; one in extreme so.TX and one in AZ. The AZ one is on wild grape and common in Cave Creek Canyon along the road."

… v belov, 21 February, 2010 - 2:04pm

Orchestomerus wickhami

Actually I have just seen the type specimen of O. ulkei and it is something else entirely and not an Orchestomerus. This one pictured here is Orchestomerus wickhami which we are finding to be more widely distributed than just south Texas.

… Robert Anderson, 29 April, 2014 - 11:52am

Thanks...

Thanks for figuring this one out.

… Kyle Schnepp, 21 February, 2010 - 3:29pm

Orchestomerus new species

Further update: We've dissected males of the south Texas Orchestomerus wickhami and more northern specimens and they are different species. Turns out the more northern ones are a new species associated with Parthenocissus (Virginia Creeper) and the southern are O. wickhami and associated with Cissus.

… Robert Anderson, 12 June, 2014 - 12:48pm