Dacnochilus angularis (Erichson) - Dacnochilus angularis

splendid!

… v belov, 16 October, 2013 - 8:10pm

Moved

Moved from Dacnochilus.

… Mike Quinn, 16 October, 2013 - 5:27pm

Moved

Moved from Lathrobiina.

… Mike Quinn, 16 October, 2013 - 4:42pm

Nice beetle and photo! Lucki

Nice beetle and photo! Luckily, Acalophaena was recently synonymized with Dacnochilus, so you can determine this beetle as the latter :)

Cheers,
Adam

… Adam Brunke, 16 October, 2013 - 4:27pm

Right!

The generic synonymy had slipped my mind, but apparently that was a relatively late decision - after looking in the collection, I was going to write back that it was Acalophaena angularis on the basis of Jimenez's det. label. Seeing the label reminded me of his revision, but I hadn't had a chance to look at the paper. So yes, Dacnochilus angularis (Erichson) is correct. I assume this is the species we mentioned in American Beetles as "one unidentified species from Texas" - now identified!

… Margaret Thayer, 16 October, 2013 - 6:46pm

might be "Acalophaena" angularis

see fig 13 of this BCA plate...

… Mike Quinn, 16 October, 2013 - 4:32pm