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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Attalina » Attalus » Attalus circumscriptus
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black and orange Soft-winged Flower Beetle - Attalus circumscriptus
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

black and orange Soft-winged Flower Beetle - Attalus circumscriptus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 30, 2004
Looks a bit like a Lebia species from the Peterson Field Guide.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 March, 2005 - 3:39pm
Last updated 17 May, 2008 - 7:14pm

Moved
Moved from Attalus circumscriptus.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 6 May, 2007 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Melyridae: Attalus circumspectus
A distinctive species in the east.
… Donald S. Chandler, 4 May, 2006 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
?
I've looked all around the web (pardon the pun...), but I haven't been able to find any reference to circumspectus as a specific epithet for a Melyrid. Could this be an absent-minded slip for circumscriptus?
… Chuck Entz, 26 September, 2006 - 1:22am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Thanks Chuck. I should have checked spelling more closely.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 September, 2006 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

Neither.
This is a soft-winged flower beetle, family Melyridae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 March, 2005 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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