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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Dead Log Beetles (Pythidae) » Pytho » Pytho americanus
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Beetle - Pytho americanus
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.
… Maury J. Heiman, 17 March, 2014 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Pythidae: Pytho sp.
Three uncommon (and one very rare) species in NH. There is at least one other picture of this species in BugGuide.
… Donald S. Chandler, 5 February, 2006 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Can species be determined?
I've still got this beetle in the fridge, if a specimen helps, otherwise I'll let it go.
… tom murray, 5 February, 2006 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
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.
… Jim McClarin, 6 February, 2006 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
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.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 February, 2006 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
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.
… tom murray, 7 February, 2006 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
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.
… Jim McClarin, 7 February, 2006 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
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… Jim McClarin, 7 February, 2006 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

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