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Clown Beetle - Hololepta aequalis
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Clown Beetle - Hololepta aequalis
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2007
Size: 9mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2007 - 9:35pm
Last updated 23 February, 2008 - 11:26am

Moved
Moved from Hololepta lucida.
… Jeff Gruber, 23 February, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hololepta aequalis. This has the dimples on the shoulders like the one Jeff posted, and the elytral striations seem to be the length of the elytra.
… tom murray, 31 December, 2007 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
H. aequalis
Hi Tom,

I downloaded the full-size dorsal habitus image and played around with it in Photoshop (Image -> Adjustments -> Curves). This individual does not have a complete dorsal elytral stria. Another character for distinguishing H. lucida from H. aequalis is the prosternal apex. It is rounded in H. lucida and emarginate in H. aequalis. This is definitely emarginate.

The sulci in the anterior corners of the pronotum are present in the males of both species.
… Jeff Gruber, 23 February, 2008 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
Hololepta aequalis
I guess I should have left it the way it originally was. Thanks for explaining the differences, and correcting my mistake.
… tom murray, 23 February, 2008 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

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