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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Fire-Colored Beetles (Pyrochroidae) » Pyrochroinae » Schizotus » Schizotus cervicalis
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Adult pyrochroid! - Schizotus cervicalis
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Adult pyrochroid! - Schizotus cervicalis
Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
March 11, 2006
Here is the emerged imago from the larva-turned-pupa. It's a boy! Apparently emerged during the night of Mar. 24/25. Here he's perched on a piece of dried amaryllis bloom. I wish a had a blister beetle. I'd get some shots of him gathering the blister beetle's cantharidin with which to woo a nonexistant mate. I've put a writeup about it on the family info page.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 March, 2006 - 3:58pm
Last updated 5 October, 2016 - 7:03pm

Schizotus cervicalis Newman - adult male
Actually, I believe the association with blister beetles is an over-simplification of the biology of Pyrochroidae. Schizotus cervcalis generally inhabits a boreal (or boreal-like) microhabitat ... not your typical meloid habitat. Also, especially for Schizotus, the phenology does not allign well with that of any blister beetles. A far more complex (and interesting) story awaits, me thinks!
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 1 February, 2011 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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