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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Acanthocinini » Sternidius » Sternidius punctatus
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Long-horned beetle - Sternidius punctatus
Copyright © 2012 Tony DeSantis

Long-horned beetle - Sternidius punctatus
Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
May 27, 2011
Can this be Astylopsis macula?
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Contributed by Tony DeSantis on 22 January, 2012 - 6:13pm
Last updated 23 January, 2012 - 12:29pm

Moved
Moved from Sternidius.
… v belov, 23 January, 2012 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Thanks for the inputs!
Unfortunately, the photo was taken at night and resulted in a poor shot so I'm sure some characteristics needed for ID are missing. Hopefully, I come across some more this spring while running lights.
… Tony DeSantis, 23 January, 2012 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

These small acanthocinines...
...are tough based on a single photo, especially with no indication of size. My impression is Astylopsis macula, but I have seen boldly marked individuals of Sternidius punctatus that resembles this (except they are much smaller). Still, based on the fairly broad body I'd tentatively go with A. macula.
… Ted C. MacRae, 22 January, 2012 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; looks more like S. misellus to me
tough group...
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 January, 2012 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Doug Yanega says:
"The pronotal shape makes this undoubtedly a Sternidius, rather than Astylopsis or Astylidius. Unless there is something from the SE that greatly resembles it, this is pretty unmistakably S. punctatus; the *pattern* of markings is rather consistent in this species, though they vary a little in contrast ('boldness')."
… v belov, 23 January, 2012 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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