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Long Horned Beetle - flower or banded (Typocerus)

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Banded or Flower Longhorn Beetle.

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3 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Based on the ID of Ted MacRea, which is quite experience in beetle, this is either Typocerus deceptus or Typocerus velutinus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/376169
http://bugguide.net/node/view/834936
For me yours and the one from the link are the same and I have no clue how Ted is coming up with these 2 candidates. Typocerus acuticauda was also mentioned in the link and here:
http://ohioplants.org/families-rosaceae/...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/655883/bgi...
Really no clue? Not at all, Ted certainly has some ideas based on his intense research. Deceptus has an interrupted yellow pubescent band on the pronotum and more apical emarginated margins on the elytrae. Also in Velutinus the yellow elytral bands are more disinct and not interrupted as they usually are in Deceptus. Velutinus is much more common than Deceptus, almost call Deceptus a rare species. But there could be more Deceptus around, but were actually IDed as Velutinus.
Based on this report I also would say it is Deceptus or Velutinus and tending slightly to Typocerus deceptus, however, without being 100% sure.
http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/20...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/305724/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/124328/bgi...
Is your pronotal yellow band now interrupted or not? It certainly is, but not very distinct as in the link above. And the link for Velutinus looks similar to yours, slightly interrupted, but enough interrupted for qualifying as Deceptus??
Best thing you send it to bugguide for species ID, most probably by Ted himself or worst case, it will come back with being either Velutinus or Deceptus...
As scientific ID I suggest in the meanwhile Typocerus sp., common name Flower Longhorn. You might add both candidate in the description section, so other people immediately know our thoughts and problems.
Velutinus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2959/bgima...
Deceptus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2958/bgima...




Its definitely Typocerus, but still not sure if Banded or Flower. It doesn't look like spots and very little banding

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 9 years ago

Typocerus sp

Williamsport, Maryland, USA

Spotted on Nov 10, 2012
Submitted on Jun 28, 2014

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