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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Leaf Rolling Weevils (Attelabidae) » Leaf and Bud Weevils (Rhynchitinae) » Auletobius » Auletobius nasalis
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Red Beetle - Auletobius nasalis
Copyright © 2011 StarryFroggy

Red Beetle - Auletobius nasalis
Above Las Vegas Wash, between Lake LV and Northshore Rd, Clark County, Nevada, USA
April 6, 2011
Size: Approx 10 mm
This small beetle was snacking on a Yellow Cup plant near the Las Vegas Wash.
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Contributed by StarryFroggy on 22 April, 2011 - 3:06am
Last updated 20 April, 2017 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from Auletobius.

Further study of the matter made sure it is.
… Boris Büche, 20 April, 2017 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

likely A. nasalis
which is variable in colour (reddish with scutellar macula, to black, according to Legalov (2001)
… Boris Büche, 20 April, 2017 - 6:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Auletobius humeralis.

In original description of Rhynchites humeralis Boheman, 1859, it is stated to have seriate punctures on elytra, including scutellar row. This seems not to be the case here.

Legalov (2011) has transferred humeralis to Rhynchitobius Sharp, 1889, together with A. cassandrae, and all species known from Central America.
We may expect the antennae closer to rostral base, as in A. cassandrae.
… Boris Büche, 20 April, 2017 - 6:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pine Flower Snout Beetles.
… v belov, 22 April, 2011 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

ID
Auletobius probably humeralis Boheman This fits except for the size estimate. None of this species group are 10mm even with rostral length included. Mine do not exceed 5 mm.
… Charles W. O'Brien, 22 April, 2011 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome -- thanks a lot, Charlie
what a blunder of mine -(
… v belov, 22 April, 2011 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

nemonychid, likely a Cimberis; critical features not visible
will show around

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 April, 2011 - 3:45am login or register to post comments

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