Tumbling Flower Beetle - Glipa hilaris

Moved

… Boris Büche, 26 July, 2007 - 3:45am

confirmed - Glipa hilaris

Dr. Jackman has confirmed - Glipa hilaris

… Tim R. Moyer, 25 July, 2007 - 9:37pm

support

for Tim´s statement found in Biologia Centrali-Americana plates.
It also agrees basically with an oriental Glipa (please scroll down) on the web.
What is confusing me, is the dissimilarity of this one, and Glipa oculata already in the guide. My feeling is, that they will not belong in the same genus.

… Boris Büche, 12 July, 2007 - 6:38am

tumbling genera

NAmer Mordellidae seem confused in general, with many species "tumbling" between genera and often assigned to large genera seemly by default. According to my ref., G. hilaris started in Mordella, and spent some time in Tomoxia.

And here's Dr. Jackman's comments regarding G. oculata:
"Mordella oculata Say, 1935 is the original name so you could always use that.

Liljeblad (1945) placed it in Glipa so it became Glipa oculata (Say, 1935). It has not been treated in the literature since then so technically it is still in Glipa according to the last author who worked on it. By our understanding of Glipa today, it obviously belongs in another genus probably just Mordella. I am not very sure about the extent of some of the other genera though so it might need to be in Hoshihananomia or even some other genus. I guess I need to take an afternoon and decide. Then fix that one in print!"

jaj

Dr. John A. Jackman
Professor and Extension Entomologist
412 Heep Center
Department of Entomology and Texas Cooperative Extension
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2475

… Tim R. Moyer, 12 July, 2007 - 11:18am

genus Tomo*xia?

habitus and size would fit the genus.

… Boris Büche, 11 July, 2007 - 6:22am

Tumbling flower beetle!

This is my favorite species of Mordellidae. I just can't recall its name! Also, I think the genus name has been changed 'recently.'

… Eric R. Eaton, 10 July, 2007 - 6:46pm

Glipa hilaris?

from an old Mordellidae reference I have by Emil Liljeblad, this appears like it might be Glipa hilaris (Say). Nearctia still lists the same name. Description and length seem to fit, but I couldn't find any web images (another BugGuide first?)

… Tim R. Moyer, 11 July, 2007 - 11:51am

Eric,

I kind of went back to add something into my previous comment, and noticed your name as "bug eric" under your comment. Of course, it changed back to normal when I reposted my comment ... but what happened during my edit? A glitch?
I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Just curious :-)

… Stephen Luk, 10 July, 2007 - 7:14pm

Explanation:

When you edit your user information, you'll notice places for both a user name and a full name. I believe Eric's "user name" is set to Bug Eric, but his "full name" is set to Eric R.Eaton. My guess is that the "full name" option was added after the comment-editing was already in place, and nobody got around to changing it to use the full name instead of the user name. Of course, most contributors don't have different user and full names, so the difference isn't usually visible

… Chuck Entz, 11 July, 2007 - 12:51am

A Mordellid at that size!?

I had a hunch that was it ... but then thought to myself that wow, that would be one big Tumbling Flower Beetle! I didn't know they get this big.

… Stephen Luk, 10 July, 2007 - 7:09pm

Hmmmm....

Quite deceptive-looking indeed. It like a cross between a wasp and a beetle to me ... I might suggest beetle on this one, though I wouldn't know where to start from there.

… Stephen Luk, 10 July, 2007 - 6:42pm