Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Eumolpinae » Typophorini » Section Typophorites » Paria » Oak Paria (Paria opacicollis)
Photo#108209
Small beetle - Paria opacicollis
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Small beetle - Paria opacicollis
Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA
May 5, 2007
Size: ~5 mm
Found in or on(I can't remember)a rotting log.

Images of this individual: tag all
Small beetle - Paria opacicollis Small beetle - Paria opacicollis
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 7 May, 2007 - 8:38pm
Last updated 24 July, 2016 - 9:51pm

Moved to Paria opacicollis Lec.
Moved from Eumolpinae.

Det. per Brian Raber who is working with Ed Riley on a long term beetle survey of Brazos Bend State Park. Mike
… Mike Quinn, 8 July, 2007 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Mike
for sending it to an expert. I guess I'm pretty lucky that he's doing a study on the park I go to several times a year!
… Graham Montgomery, 22 July, 2007 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

subfamily Eumolpinae is safe, of course!
.-)
… Boris Büche, 8 May, 2007 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID, Boris and Brad.
.
… Graham Montgomery, 25 May, 2007 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Chrysomelid beetle, probably
Chrysomelid beetle, probably Paria (or something close).
… Brad Barnd, 8 May, 2007 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact