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Pytho americanus
Photo#42176
Copyright © 2006
tom murray
Beetle -
Pytho americanus
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 4, 2006
Size: 12mm
Found under bark of a large white pine log.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 5 February, 2006 - 5:55pm
Last updated 17 March, 2014 - 12:25pm
Moved
Moved from
Pytho planus
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Maury J. Heiman
, 17 March, 2014 - 12:25pm
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Pythidae: Pytho sp.
Three uncommon (and one very rare) species in NH. There is at least one other picture of this species in BugGuide.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 5 February, 2006 - 8:06pm
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Can species be determined?
I've still got this beetle in the fridge, if a specimen helps, otherwise I'll let it go.
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tom murray
, 5 February, 2006 - 9:18pm
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Two possible:
It's either Pytho plan*us or Pytho seid*litzi, since I have to believe that Pytho niger is the all-black species.
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Jim McClarin
, 6 February, 2006 - 5:16pm
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Pythidae: Pytho planus
Other species overlap in color with Pytho niger, but this is the brown form of Pytho planus. The anterior lateral pronotal margins are wider than the posterior ones. Usually, but not always, with a metallic luster.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 7 February, 2006 - 10:34am
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Species ID
That's great!!! I guess that Pytho seid*litzi is the rare one of the three, since that's the only one still missing. Don, thanks again.
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tom murray
, 7 February, 2006 - 4:04pm
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Or Prio*gnathus monili*cornis
There are four species listed on
UNH Web site.
My guess is Pytho seid*litzi is the metallic blue one.
No, it's not. I just checked. Don Chandler says the metallic blue is the slightly more common variation of this species, P. planus.
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Jim McClarin
, 7 February, 2006 - 5:45pm
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Jim McClarin
, 7 February, 2006 - 5:43pm
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