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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Crossidius » Crossidius ater
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Cerambycid beetle? - Crossidius ater - female
Copyright © 2005 Hartmut Wisch

Cerambycid beetle? - Crossidius ater - Female
Mount Pinos, ~8600ft (2621m), in open area near edge of Jeffrey Pine Forest., Kern County, California, USA
September 26, 2003
Flower Longhorn (?) in Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Green Rabbitbrush).

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Cerambycid beetle? - Crossidius ater - female Cerambycid beetle? - Crossidius ater - female
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 5 December, 2005 - 12:44am
Last updated 22 July, 2010 - 10:27pm

Moved
Moved from Cerambycinae.
… Hartmut Wisch, 6 December, 2007 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Cerambycidae
Certainly a longhorn beetle - while the genus isn't immediately recognizeable, its in the subfamily Cerambycinae.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 6 December, 2005 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Cerambycinae
Thanks, Phillip, this gets me a bit closer to an ID.
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 December, 2005 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Crossidius ater
The species is found in the mountains along the eastern Mojave and west through the Tehachapis.
… Dennis Haines, 6 December, 2007 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Dennis!
Very helpful!
… Hartmut Wisch, 6 December, 2007 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

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