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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Longhorn Beetles (Stenotrachelidae) » Cephaloon » False Leptura Beetle (Cephaloon lepturides)
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long-legged beetle - Cephaloon lepturides
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

long-legged beetle - Cephaloon lepturides
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 3, 2006
Size: ~8mm
I collected this to take home and photograph, but when I got home, it had expired. With it's long legs, I couldn't get it to stay right side up for a picture.

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Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2006 - 8:23am
Last updated 6 January, 2007 - 3:59pm

Moved
Don, thanks for yet another species id!
… tom murray, 6 January, 2007 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Cephaloon lepturides
The darker form of this species, which is quite variable in color pattern.
… Donald S. Chandler, 6 January, 2007 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Cephalonidae
Maybe a Cephaloon species?
… Frank Guarnieri, 20 June, 2006 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Unless I erred, this term does not google.
Is it spelled differently?
… Jim McClarin, 20 June, 2006 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Cephaloidae
Oops, sorry. Try Cephaloidae. I think the genus is Cephaloon.
… Frank Guarnieri, 20 June, 2006 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, Stenotrachelidae is the new designation
according to American Beetles, vol. 2, page 520 There are 10 spp. in four genera in the bugguide area. The drawing of Cephaloon tenuicorne on page 520 looks a lot like Tom's beetle.

Tom, it looks kike you've added another new beetle family to bugguide :-)
… Jim McClarin, 20 June, 2006 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Frank and Jim
When I first saw this beetle in the grass, I thought it was a beetle, but wasn't sure that it wasn't a fly until I got a good look. I'll see if I can prop up the beetle to get a decent dorsal shot.
… tom murray, 21 June, 2006 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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