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Heterachthes howdeni
Small Long-Horned Beetle, 8 mm long and only about 2 mm in width. It must be some kind of twig border. It has long setae all over the body and small orange spots on the elytra. Family Cerambycidae.
Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Spotted on Apr 25, 2014
Submitted on Apr 27, 2014
10 Comments
Lauren. My email is lennyworthington@hotmail.co.uk.
If you have any problems let me know.
OK. To upload to Cerambycidae .com.
First REGISTER.Then LOGIN. Click FORUM on the left of the page.
Scroll down to Cerambycinae or Laminae etc. Click which one you think it may be and you will see the latest posts by other people.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and in the middle you will see NEW TOPIC.
Click this.
Now you will see a box with SUBJECT and MESSAGE.
In your case in the subject box you will put Chiapas Mexico and what you think it may be.If you don't know just put Chiapas Mexico ?.
In the message box put description and size.
Below this box you will see. Insert an image file.
Click the small icon.
A box will appear with CHOOSE FILE.
Click this.And choose your file.
Now this bit is important.
The name of your file must not have any spaces or capitals.I just put longhorn.
When the file is uploaded click.UPLOAD FILE TO YOUR (LAURENS) POST.
Close the window and go back to the forum where (hopefully) your post will be.
Complicated at first but you will soon get the hang.In fact I'm looking forward to seeing all your pics.
Good Luck.
Any probs email me.
I found the species on this web link! It even has one from San Cristobal de Las Casas! One of the paratypes is at my Alma Mater, the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California Berkeley. Drs. Chemsak and Linsley were our masters of the Cerambycidae!
So wonderful Lenny! Thank you! I couldn't find it on the site - neither the tribe or the genus. Maybe I'm not doing it right? How can I upload other Cerambycids to that site?
Hello Lauren
Your Longhorn is
Heterachthes howdeni Martins 1970
SubFamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Neoibidionini
Heterachthes howdeni Martins 1970
Identified by Francesco
You can see it here
Cerambycoidea Forum - Cerambycinae
Thank you Lenny :)
OK Lauren.Your photo is posted.lets see what happens.Fingers crossed.
Yes of course Lenny, that is very nice of you. Hope they can identify it. Twig borrers don't show up very often.
If you care to give me permission I will download your photo to the site.
Thank you Lenny. I'll go visit that site.
He's a beauty.Try http://www.cerambycoidea.com .
Are you a member?.If not you can register.Download your Ceram pics and
more than likely get them identified.