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trogossitid - Eronyxa

trogossitid - Eronyxa
Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
June 7, 2010
Size: 5mm

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Not certain, but
this seems closer to pallida than either the broad-flanged [/i]expansus[/i], or the one you submitted from Hastings which barely has a flanged elytral margin.
Perhaps you'll find something at Essig?
Beautiful little beetles once magnified!

 
which Eronyxa
I looked at the UCB specimens and was unable to figure out what the differences are between angustata and pallida. E. expansa is clearly different from these two as you write, but the other two species look very similar to each other. They both vary in color from light to dark. I couldn't see any consistent difference in the elytral rim, shape, hairiness, etc. Perhaps I needed to know what to look for... but I couldn't figure it out on my own! These two species are represented by around 150 specimens each in the Essig collection, from across the state. There were only 9 expansa specimens.

 
Hi Joyce -
I wish I had an answer, but don't know how to correctly separate angustus from pallidus. I'll try to go over what little I have in terms of descriptions, and will also ask Michael Caterino since they have specimens of all three spp. at SBMNH.
By the way, I stopped at a roadside Ceanothus integerrimus yesterday and found it absolutely buzzing with beetles and other insects. Most of the beetles were Callimoxys sanguinicollis fuscipennis.

 
I'm thinking pallida
also. Will see what the specimens look like.

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