Mecynopus cothurnatus at Murrumbateman, NSW

Mecynopus cothurnatus

1 A longhorn beetle at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

Mecynopus cothurnatus	31 Jan 2023	KimberiRP
Mecynopus cothurnatus	30 Jan 2023	MichaelMulvaney
Amphirhoe sloanei	30 Nov 2022	SimoneC

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

1 Feb 2023

Rarely if at all recorded in our region previously. According to ALA records this is a disjunct records from the nearest record in mid Victoria

User's notes

A wasp mimic, especially in flight when the long hind legs with pale ends look very wasp like. I think this individual was newly emerged as the elytra almost seem transparent and the colour of the thorax is paler than most images on ALA

3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

30 Jan 2023

If this ID is correct this would be a disjunct record from other records on ALA which are clustered in Tasmania and Victoria

SimoneC wrote:

30 Jan 2023

Thanks for looking into this. M. corthurnatus looks like a good match http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdetails.asp?id=20065&w=o especially given the transparent elytra. Maybe the successive wet years has allowed them to move north - this is the only one I’ve seen.

SimoneC wrote:

30 Jan 2023

I had also come back from a driving/walking holiday in Tasmania on the 22 of November so it could have hitched a ride

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