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Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Leaf Beetle - Kuschelina vians

Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 22, 2004

black beetle with red margined pronotum

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 13 March, 2005 - 8:40am
Last updated 17 May, 2008 - 7:32pm

Kuschelina scripticollis

Am moving this to Kuschelina scripticollis...

… Mike Quinn, 11 January, 2006 - 8:38pm

Kuschelina vians

Am sitting here looking at a half unit tray full of K. vians plus two specimens of K. scripticollis in the TAMUIC plus I'm reading up on both spp. in the Lead Beetle Catlog(1). Seems that the taxon scripticollis was treated as a northern form of K. vians but the authors of the LBC elevated it to full species status.

K. vians consistently have the dorsal portion of their pronota filled with black except for the reddish edges. K. scripticollis have a kind of squiggly bold line through their pronota:

Am moving these to K. vians...

… Mike Quinn, 13 January, 2006 - 10:17pm

Thanks

for the ID, Mike.

… Lynette Elliott, 16 January, 2006 - 3:47pm

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