Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Sponsor
The Coleopterists Society supports BugGuide.

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae) » Mastinocerini » Distremocephalus » Distremocephalus californicus
Photo#607004
Possible Cantharid ? - Distremocephalus californicus - male
Copyright © 2012 Gary Griswold

Possible Cantharid ? - Distremocephalus californicus - Male
Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA
August 19, 1965
Size: ~5mm
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Gary Griswold on 13 January, 2012 - 3:33pm
Last updated 18 March, 2022 - 12:08pm

Moved
Moved from Glowworm Beetles.
… Gary Griswold, 14 January, 2012 - 5:12am login or register to post comments

notice the squared-off corner
notice the squared-off corners of the pronotum in the anterior view. The only other small phengodid in calif is Cenophengus debilis, which has rounded anterior and posterior pronotal corners. This is Distremocephalus californicus (Van Dyke). Used to be Mastinocerus....females and larvae are unknown
… joeCicero, 13 January, 2012 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
For your time and assistance, it is much appreciated.

Gary
… Gary Griswold, 14 January, 2012 - 5:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 January, 2012 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact