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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Ampedini » Ampedus » Ampedus quebecensis
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Ampedus quebecensis
Copyright © 2011 University of Alaska Museum

Ampedus quebecensis
Sterling, Alaska, USA
June 5, 2004
Det. H. Douglas 2007
http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Ento:110637

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Contributed by Derek Sikes on 15 September, 2011 - 5:06pm
Last updated 11 May, 2016 - 6:11pm

Are we sure of this ID?
Pronotal vesiture looks pale, which would suggest something other than A. quebecensis.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 March, 2020 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
ID
In addition to Hume Douglas being highly skilled with elaterids, this specimen has been DNA barcoded and there are 5 other DNA barcoded specimens of this species in BOLD that have a 100% match to its DNA barcode. There are 5 A. phelpsi that are < 2% different in their DNA so these 2 species appear to be quite close.
… Derek Sikes, 5 March, 2020 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
yes I trust Hume, just want to be sure...
Serge LaPlante confirmed, too!

however I do not trust BOLD data. There are many misidentifications in their site. Molecular data is only as good as what is fed in...

For example here: http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=485304

these are clearly not congeneric!
… Blaine Mathison, 12 March, 2020 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ampedus.
… v belov, 15 September, 2011 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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