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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Long-horned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Elaphidiini » Parelaphidion » Parelaphidion aspersum
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Cerambycidae, dorsal - Parelaphidion aspersum
Copyright © 2012 MJ Hatfield

Cerambycidae, dorsal - Parelaphidion aspersum
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 20, 2011
Size: 16 mm
Parelaphidion aspersum perhaps
It doesn't show up in the photos but the mid-line of the pronotum is glabrous.
Black light

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 29 January, 2012 - 11:10am
Last updated 16 January, 2019 - 11:32am

Concur...
Female (last antennomere not distinctly longer than penultimate) P. aspersum antennae are nearly as long as the body, while in P. incertum they are barely mid-elytral in length. I also agree with Doug's comments on pubescence pointing towards the former.
… Ted C. MacRae, 30 January, 2012 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively, pending expert input; good call!
Moved from Longhorned Beetles.
… v belov, 29 January, 2012 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Doug Yanega:
"This belongs to one of the absolutely most difficult pairs to separate of all the species I studied: females of Parelaphidion aspersum versus P. incertum. In this case, since the antennae are not straight back, it's not much better than a 50:50 guess. The scape and 4th segment are roughly equal, so that's not much help. About the only thing here that might be definitive is that she does appear to be in fairly pristine condition. As such, the reduced degree of elytral mottling would not be attributable to wear; and unworn specimens of aspersum have visibly less pale spotting than unworn specimens of incertum. It was not something I put much faith in for general use, since it was only true of unworn specimens, but in this case it would tilt the scale in favor of this being aspersum."
… v belov, 29 January, 2012 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks much
for all the effort and expertise.
… MJ Hatfield, 29 January, 2012 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cerambycinae.
… MJ Hatfield, 29 January, 2012 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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