lbb - Colon hubbardi - BugGuide.Net

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… Brad Barnd, 5 March, 2012 - 3:28pm

i doubt D&A would do in any case; you've gotta try the revision

(1) (i don't have a copy; ask Brad?)

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 1:07pm

i have a photocopy, no pdf file though

I'll do a more thorough check to see what species possibilities are

… Brad Barnd, 5 March, 2012 - 1:08pm

possibilites

Based on location, and the combination of dilated front tarsomeres and a subapical tooth on the hind femur, this is definitely Colon (Myloechus) sp. Note the size of the tooth of the hind femur is very variable, with males falling into "minor" and "major" groups. Then from there, using location to eliminate a number of species...

Pronotal disk punctate, not granulate? then C. megasetosum

Pronotal disk granulate, actual punctures difficult to see? then C. hubbardi (noted as "our most common species" and "most frequently captured species of Colon at UV light traps")

The texture of the pronotum can be difficult to discern from a photo, as we have seen in other cases on BugGuide.

I would say most likely this is C. hubbardi.

… Brad Barnd, 5 March, 2012 - 1:28pm

looks perfectly granulate to me

thanks, Brad

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 1:32pm

your colon is granulate?

must be eating a lot of roughage...

… Blaine Mathison, 5 March, 2012 - 2:00pm

=-=

the genus revision should have been submitted to An[n]als of Colonoscopy

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 2:07pm

these poor beetles...

always at the butt of someone's jokes...

… Blaine Mathison, 5 March, 2012 - 2:12pm

*_*

i wonder if the unpretentious 'Hubbard's Colon' is okay as common name
(good thing we do not have to coin one for C. megasetosum yet)

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 2:17pm

we should submit that

to the ESA for approval as an official common name :)

… Brad Barnd, 5 March, 2012 - 3:05pm

megasetosum?

wouldn't that name be, 'Big Hairy Colon' ?

… Blaine Mathison, 5 March, 2012 - 2:19pm

more fun Colon names

just to name a few, C. horni, C. bidentatum, C. lanceolatum, C. oblongum, C. elongatum, C. grossum, C. schwarzi, C. aedeagosum, and my favorite, C. monstrosum.

… Brad Barnd, 5 March, 2012 - 3:09pm

aedeagosum would be my top choice

the Gross one is also fine

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 3:11pm

horni is amusing...

'Horni' Colon...

… Blaine Mathison, 5 March, 2012 - 3:23pm

nah...

that celebrated worker had too many spp. named after him, so the pun has been used ad abuseam, incl. on BG

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 3:27pm

I would guess

probably C. hubbardi, but that's still just a guess.

… Brad Barnd, 5 March, 2012 - 1:05pm

ha! as was ratting you out...

… v belov, 5 March, 2012 - 1:07pm