Thought this was a Dascillus sp but friend says no - Synaphaeta guexi

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Copyright © 2010 Geo Diva

Thought this was a Dascillus sp but friend says no - Synaphaeta guexi

Montague, Shasta Valley, north of Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County, California, USA
Size: approx 5/8" or 1.8 mm

We have never seen one of these around before. I thought it looked like the Dascillus davidsoni on this site. It looks softer in person than it does in the photo. There are very few trees in this sparsely populated valley, mostly juniper, except in the small community areas and around isolated ranch houses. Mostly high desert, dryland, some areas irrigated for grazing.
Its jaws (or mandible) don't look like the borer-type beetles. It seems to have a head more like a grasshopper. When it flew onto my shoulder it sounded like a 6' wasp, but it hasn't displayed its wings since being put in the jar.

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Thought this was a Dascillus sp but friend says no - Synaphaeta guexi

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Contributed by Geo Diva on 28 June, 2010 - 6:35pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Eric R. Eaton, 28 June, 2010 - 7:03pm

Nice find!

I'm moving to the species page because it is easier for me to look it up than to try and spell it:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 28 June, 2010 - 7:03pm

Thank you for the ID!

Would you like me to send this one to you?

… Geo Diva, 28 June, 2010 - 9:44pm

Thank you.

Thank you, but please just release it :-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 29 June, 2010 - 1:58am

Done!

Thanks again for the edification-

… Geo Diva, 29 June, 2010 - 2:09am

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