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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Hemicrepidiina » Hemicrepidius » Hemicrepidius indistinctus
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Click Beetle - Hemicrepidius indistinctus
Copyright © 2011 JC Jones

Click Beetle - Hemicrepidius indistinctus
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
May 1, 2011
Size: 12mm
Came to light.


Specimen to be sent to B. Mathison.
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Contributed by JC Jones on 6 June, 2011 - 6:05pm
Last updated 28 July, 2011 - 7:53pm

Moved
Moved from Athous cucullatus.

The Athous ID never sat well with me, and now that I have a second specimen, I am confident with this ID. The hind pronotal angles do not extend much past the hypomeron (especially in dorsal view), so it can key as an Athous!
… Blaine Mathison, 28 July, 2011 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Athous fossularis.

After examining under scope at work, this is a cucullatus; just a plumper, darker female.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 June, 2011 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.

This is a tentative ID; would like to confirm. The color and shape of scutellum are c/w this species. The pronotal punctures are more simple than umbillicate (the punctures on the hypomeron are distinctly umbillicate). There is also a prominant carina on the pronotal hind angles.

Becker in his 1974 revision of the genus has this species going as far south as Ohio. South Carolina may seem a bit of a stretch, but that publication is 37 years old now, too. In his revision, Becker examined 89 specimens, 80% of which were male and this specimen appears to be female.

An image can be found on the MCZ type database here.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 June, 2011 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

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