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More Stenocorus? - Stenocorus nubifer

More Stenocorus? - Stenocorus nubifer
Near town of Shaver Lake, Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California, USA
July 11, 2010
Photographed a few minutes after this Lepturine. I think it may also be Stenocorus vestitus, just a duller grey-brown variant. But I'm just speculating...most likely Dennis H. will know.

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More Stenocorus? - Stenocorus nubifer More Stenocorus? - Stenocorus nubifer More Stenocorus? - Stenocorus nubifer

Moved
Moved from Flower Longhorns.

The dark phase of Stenocorus
The dark phase of Stenocorus uteanus. This species has been synonymized with S. nubifer. S. uteanus is found associated with Lupines at the edges of montane meadows above 5000' in our area, while S. nubifer is a chaparral species found on the flowers of Flannel Bush and Ceanothus. In my opinion the two have many distinct morphological differences and occupy different habitats.

 
Thanks for the info Dennis
Good to disseminate such knowledge...awareness of such things can be lost by the wayside when "lumping" occurs. I'm too ignorant to accurately judge, but I do sometimes get the impression that there exist taxonomists who would be well-served to spend much more time observing the taxa they're treating in the field, and giving thorough consideration to consistent patterns of distinction in habitat, behavior, etc. as well as morphology (and resisting an over-reliance on the molecular biology of endosymbionts :-)

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