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Contacyphon ochraceus

This genus was formerly known as Cyphon and many references have this species listed as Cyphon ochraceus.


I think this was the first Contacyphon I identified, and as such I don't have detailed notes as to how I identified it. My photos of the median lobe and 9th sternite don't leave much doubt though. I would have used Mike Hackston's key. It had been beaten from a White Willow tree.

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male Contacyphon ochraceus showing antenna, pronotum (right hand side), tarsus, 9th stertnite, median lobe (on right) and various bits of genitalia, tergites and sternites, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 13th June 2020