Scarab beetle - Euphoria fulgida

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Nevermind. Moving back...

… Heidi Eaton, 4 February, 2014 - 11:40pm

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… Heidi Eaton, 4 February, 2014 - 11:37pm

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… John F. Carr, 17 June, 2013 - 9:02pm

i'm a scarab dummy, but this looks like a variant of E. fulgida

let's wait for scarab guys

… v belov, 17 June, 2013 - 2:12am

Your lucky day ...

You're not going to believe what I found on Amazon. Check your email.
:)

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 June, 2013 - 11:17am

seriously, man?

i'd rather forget what i know about them...
thanks, CB -- real fun... i'll try it, promise.

… v belov, 17 June, 2013 - 11:32am

Thanks

That would be a Colorado data point :) I might need to send the pics to Dr Krell at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, since he's a scarab expert and doing a scarab survey of Colorado.

… Heidi Eaton, 17 June, 2013 - 8:44am

recorded only once in 1902

The only published record of this species for Colorado I am aware of is that of Wickham (1902), also from Colorado Springs. Orozco in his 2012 revision of the genus mentions Colorado Springs, but is is not clear whether these are new records. So now we have a confirmation that this species still exists in Colorado. (There might be lots of specimens in collections, but people unfortunately are not keen to publish interesting records these days).

… Dr. Frank T. Krell, 18 June, 2013 - 5:02pm

i've asked Bill Warner to take a look, hope he chimes in

the genus was recently revised(1)

… v belov, 17 June, 2013 - 8:56am

You are correct on the species!

Yep, Euphoria fulgida. Jesus Orozco pulled a couple subspecies back out of synonymy with fulgida and synonymized holochloris into moticola. This specimen is close to the NW NM specimens intermediate between the two that caused Hardy to reduce "holochloris" as a subspecies of fulgida in the first place.

… William B. Warner, 17 June, 2013 - 7:13pm