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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Acanthocinini » Graphisurus » Graphisurus despectus
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beetle - Graphisurus despectus - male
Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

beetle - Graphisurus despectus - Male
Cross Plains - Ice Age Trail, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 2, 2010
Size: ~10mm - body
Found in an area of the Ice Age Trail where there are a lot of old trees -- oak and hickory.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 3 July, 2010 - 12:41am
Last updated 19 May, 2014 - 12:14pm

must be male Graphisurus despectus -- we have just a few pix
...and no good photos of a male yet; will have it checked

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 3 July, 2010 - 3:47am login or register to post comments

 
Doug Yanega: "Based on the markings, most likely despectus.
"The problem is that it's the tip of the abdomen and elytra that are diagnostic for this pair of species, and none of the photos show this area clearly."
… v belov, 6 July, 2010 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by Doug Yanega: "That's despectus"
based on the added -- it really worked, thanks again, Ilona.
… v belov, 6 July, 2010 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

any chance to see a straght dorsal view?
[i.e. with both the thorax and elytral tips in focus]
… v belov, 3 July, 2010 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

 
other views of beetle
I have a few other views which I'll post shortly.
… Ilona L., 3 July, 2010 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

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