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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Phengodini » Zarhipis » Western Banded Glowworm (Zarhipis integripennis)
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Pterotus obscuripennis ? - Zarhipis integripennis - male
Copyright © 2011 Gary McDonald

Pterotus obscuripennis ? - Zarhipis integripennis - Male
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
June 3, 2011
Size: 16mm total length.
Came to black light trap. (live oak/chaparral habitat). Looks like a Pterotus obscuripennis?
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 4 June, 2011 - 4:39pm
Last updated 21 January, 2017 - 1:29am

Moved
Moved from Fireflies.
… Gary McDonald, 5 June, 2011 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

or perhaps: Western Banded Glowworm Beetle
Zarhipis integripennis - See here: (1)

Very nice photo on the white background! :)
… Jim Moore, 5 June, 2011 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you are correct Jim
After looking at Evans & Hogue, 2006 (1) I believe that this is indeed Zarhipis integripennis rather than Pterotus obscuripennis. And thank you for your tips on photographing insects on a black background, as a result of which my photos on a white background have improved.
… Gary McDonald, 5 June, 2011 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

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