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Hispid beetle? - Anisostena
Copyright © 2007 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Hispid beetle? - Anisostena
Lawrence, University of Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
April 29, 2007
Size: 6mm
Looks like a Hispidine leaf beetle
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 2 May, 2007 - 7:52pm
Last updated 17 May, 2007 - 4:49pm

Probably A. kansana.
Probably A. kansana.
… John Randall Watts, 14 July, 2008 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

have tried
to identify further, but failed.
… Boris Büche, 12 June, 2007 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

 
probably nigrita
Most pictures I encounter on the web are identified as A. nigrita and in the key from Alabama there is only these two...
Prothorax orange, anteriorly margined with black.....A. ariadne
Prothorax entirely dark (black or blue-black).....A. nigrita
… Rob Westerduijn, 12 June, 2007 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Hispine, yes
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 2 May, 2007 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Anisostena
in the genus Anisostena
:-)
… Rob Westerduijn, 3 May, 2007 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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