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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Cremastocheilini » Anteater Scarab Beetles (Cremastocheilus) » subgenus Myrmecotonus (Cremastocheilus subgenus Myrmecotonus) » Cremastocheilus mexicanus
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Beetle - Cremastocheilus mexicanus
Copyright © 2011 Brian Angelo Scavone

Beetle - Cremastocheilus mexicanus
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
April 1, 2011
Size: ~ 2 cm
Not the best picture... found this flying about by my house... habitat is high desert - pine-oak woodland with understory shrubs, ~5,600 ft.

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Contributed by Brian Angelo Scavone on 4 May, 2011 - 12:36pm
Last updated 4 May, 2011 - 7:01pm

Moved
Moved from Anteater Scarab Beetles.
… v belov, 4 May, 2011 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

Cremastocheilus mexicanus Schaum
At this point I am lumping all the southern populations with subsquamiform/plumose setae with the nominant subspecies.
… William B. Warner, 4 May, 2011 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks again, Bill
… v belov, 4 May, 2011 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

mexicanus? looks close, but let's wait for Bill's ruling
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 4 May, 2011 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

Cremastocheilus
could you please retry and take a better-lit view showing the pronotum in more detail?
… v belov, 4 May, 2011 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks but
Thanks, but this beetle was found and photographed last month - I let it go, and I only have these poorly-lit photos. I've added a ventral view, but the lighting is still poor. I'm getting better at composing photos... anyways... thanks for the ID help!
… Brian Angelo Scavone, 4 May, 2011 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Brian
Bill Warner knows them in and out, so hope he sees enough to give us a name
… v belov, 4 May, 2011 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
You guys rock!
Thanks.
… Brian Angelo Scavone, 5 May, 2011 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

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