Hello,

This matches Belonuchus rufipennis (Fabricius) more so than any Hesperus, at least from the Northeast.

Protarsi not dilated (dilated in Hesperus)
Head, pronotum and last two abdominal segments are black (color combo never in Hesperus)
5 course punctures in dorsal row of pronotum, visible in most shots of this series

If the specimens are pinned somewhere, there are usually thin spines on the femora.


I have been lurking this site for years now, but have finally decided to post comments. The inner workings of BugGuide are fairly new to me, so bare with me. I tried to post before, but it didn't seem to show up -so this hopefully won't be a duplicate.
If so, is there a way to delete this?

Cheers,
Adam

Glad to hear you've been lurking, and even happier you've decided to comment.

There is no way for a contributor or even an editor to delete a comment. Only the Webmaster can do that. Instead, when I accidentally double post, I just edit the body and heading down to a period or other punctuation mark. Others replace the duplicate comment with an explanation that it's a duplicate comment.

If I may suggest, jot a line or two on your personal page (click on your name to get there) telling a bit about yourself, your bugguide-related interests, and what experience and expertise you have. Alternatively you could link to another site that contains some bio info on you. It's not that we're nosey (although we are), it that it helps to know the background of anyone who offers an identification, especially if a google search is unlikely to turn up anything on them.

As for the specimens, I may have them in a date-labeled vial. I'll look. I may also be able to enlarge an original image to check in the femoral spines.