Entomology B/C ID/Question Marathon

[caseyotis]

Order Coleoptera, family Silphidae? Species is, I think, Nicrophorus americanus.

I agree, but please hide your answer next time.

[navigator]

Order Coleoptera, family Silphidae? Species is, I think, Nicrophorus americanus.

Righto. Your turn!

[South Science Team]

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Order and family - kudos, as always, for species.

[Tiktaalik]

Order, of course, is (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Coleoptera.

Pretty sure the family is (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Catharidae. It definitely looks like the soldier beetles I often see. Second choice would be Meloidae, but I'm sticking with Catharidae.

Species... (Click to Show Hidden Text)

I'm not quite sure yet.

[Flavorflav]

I'm going to say

Species (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[i]Rhagonycha fulva[/i]

but Tiktaalik gets the win.

[South Science Team]

Actually, that's not the answer I was looking for, although you may be correct. Any other guesses?

[navigator]

This definitely isn't on the list... but I recognized it from previous research, so:

Order (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Coleoptera, of course.

Family (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Stenotrachelidae

Species (Click to Show Hidden Text)

I've seen something similar to this but a yellowish color, so I'm gonna say it's Cephaloon bicolor.

Next time, be sure that the order and family are found on the Official 2014 List before asking them here.

[Tiktaalik]

Whose turn is it?

[Flavorflav]

Whose turn is it?

It does seem to have Cephaloon, which means it was off list, so why don't you go - although major props to Navigator for nailing it.

[Tiktaalik]

Whose turn is it?

It does seem to have Cephaloon, which means it was off list, so why don't you go - although major props to Navigator for nailing it.

All right then. This one was chosen mainly for the fact that it just looks flipping awesome and terrifying.

Family, order, and kudos for species. (Click to Show Hidden Text)

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