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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Oedemerinae » Asclerini » Oxycopis » Oxycopis suturalis
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striped beetle - Oxycopis suturalis
Copyright © 2007 Robin McLeod

striped beetle - Oxycopis suturalis
Islamorada, Monroe County, Florida, USA
March 27, 2007
Size: 10-12 mm
on wall of service station at night
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 April, 2007 - 5:21pm
Last updated 3 June, 2009 - 10:09pm

Oxycopis suturalis Horn, the commonest FL oedemerid
see the photo, description and key here

Moved from Oxacis taeniata.
… v belov, 3 June, 2009 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Thanks y'all...
Moved from False Blister Beetles to new species page.
… Robin McLeod, 11 April, 2007 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Looks like an oedemerid, and
Looks like an oedemerid, and not one that we have in the guide
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 11 April, 2007 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Oxacis
This is Oxacis taeniata (LeConte).
… Brad Barnd, 11 April, 2007 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

 
doesn't look like the type, though
http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/MCZ/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=4798&-Find
same as , though
… v belov, 31 May, 2009 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

 
agreed
Though may be some intraspecific variation that accounts for difference. Hopefully someone can confirm a specific ID for these.
… Brad Barnd, 31 May, 2009 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I completely agree
It looks like an oedemerid to me, as well. I'm not familiar enough with the genera to go beyond that.
… Daniel P Duran, 11 April, 2007 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

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