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Sphindus americanus
Photo#58137
Copyright © 2006
Jim McClarin
Slime Mold Beetles -
Sphindus americanus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 16, 2006
Size: 1.7 - 1.9 mm
This view has little to recommend it other than a good image of the antennal club.
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 17 June, 2006 - 2:00am
Last updated 5 July, 2009 - 11:47am
Moved
Moved from
Eurysphindus comatulus
.
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v belov
, 5 July, 2009 - 11:47am
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Probably Sphindus
I think this is a Sphindus. Seems to be too elongate for Eurysphindus, at least in my eyes. The pronotum does not look right either. I'll be posting images of both Eurysphindus species in the near future. I'll try to get Dr. Joe McHugh to verify this is Sphindus.
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Jeff Gruber
, 5 December, 2007 - 6:48pm
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Thanks, Jeff.
I'll look for that verification.
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Jim McClarin
, 6 December, 2007 - 4:46am
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Moved
Moved from
Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles
.
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Jim McClarin
, 22 May, 2007 - 5:00pm
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Eurysphindus comatulus
Finally tracked it down. Broader and "hairier" than Sphindus.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 22 May, 2007 - 1:19pm
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Thank you, Don.
I created a genus/species page for E. comatulus and moved it there.
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Jim McClarin
, 22 May, 2007 - 5:01pm
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Sphindus americanus
is the closest match among five drawings in
American Beetles
, and it is one of four species
recorded for New Hampshire
. This ID is tentative since none of the other three New Hampshire species (Odontos*phindus denti*collis, Eurys*phindus hir*tus, Eurys*phindus coma*tulus) are depicted in the entire. The over-all antennal shape is characteristic for at least several of the nine sphindid species in North America. However, a drawing of the club of E. hir*tus in American Beetles shows the second and third antennomeres from the tip being nearly equal in size, so I think that NH species can be eliminated as a possibility.
This is a new family for bugguide.
(Asterisk use is to hide species' names that are not depicted here. Otherwise bugguide's search function would show this image when someone searches on those names.)
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Jim McClarin
, 17 June, 2006 - 7:32am
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Eurysphindus hirtus
Am not absolutely sure this is correct (could be the other Eurysphindus), but am sure it is not Sphindus americanus. Note the longer setae obviously in rows. Your other photo is of S. americanus.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 29 April, 2007 - 6:51pm
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