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Black Bladder-bodied Meloid (Cysteodemus wislizeni)
Photo#83111
Copyright © 2006
Jason Forbes
Cysteodemus -
Cysteodemus wislizeni
Petroglyphs National Monument, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
July 31, 2004
Contributed by
Jason Forbes
on 14 October, 2006 - 11:46am
Last updated 28 February, 2007 - 7:52pm
Moved
Moved from
Desert Spider Beetles
.
…
Jason Forbes
, 28 February, 2007 - 7:52pm
Just browsing the Meloid pages -
and yes, I think this is
Cysteodemus wislizeni
. There are only these two species in the western US. Body shape and color differ from
armatus
(see here:
1
).
…
Hartmut Wisch
, 28 February, 2007 - 1:48am
Moved
Moved from
Cysteodemus armatus
.
…
Jason Forbes
, 14 October, 2006 - 4:29pm
Neat beetle,
leaving a little reminder of its passage I see ;-)
Checking the
BISON species list for New Mexico
I find only one member of this species, Cysteodemus wislizeni (look under "Beetle, Blister (Cysteodemus wislizeni)"), which is reported for Bernalillo County. On what basis did you determine the species? If it was just that it was close in general appearance, this image should be moved back to genus level. On the other hand, if there were special traits that differentiate this beetle from Cysteodemus wislizeni, please explain in detail since the image is too fuzzy for much ID determination.
…
Jim McClarin
, 14 October, 2006 - 1:10pm
Think I goofed
You're right, I think I just misread a reference. Looking
here
and
here
, it looks like there's some difference in the structure of the thorax(?). I can't see anything that looks wider like in armatus in the photo but the angle isn't the best and I'm only guessing that that's a valid characteristic.
I'll move it to Cysteodemus although it probably is wislizeni.
…
Jason Forbes
, 14 October, 2006 - 4:29pm