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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing leaf beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Kuschelina » Kuschelina gibbitarsa
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beetle 1 - unident - Kuschelina gibbitarsa
Copyright © 2007 Rich Kelly

beetle 1 - unident - Kuschelina gibbitarsa
Broad Channel, Queens County, New York, USA
September 8, 2007
Size: 5mm
A Chrysomelid? One individual found under debris on a salt marsh.
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 10 September, 2007 - 12:37pm
Last updated 4 July, 2008 - 12:04pm

Moved
Moved from Flea Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2008 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

To separate Disonycha from Ku
To separate Disonycha from Kuschelina all you need to look at is the last metatarsal segment. In Kuschelina it is swollen (gibbous) whereas in Disonycha it is normal. Just from experience I am going to guess this is Kuschelina gibbitarsa but without the usual pronotal spotting.
… John R. Watts, 4 July, 2008 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Kusche*lina?
guess based on habitus + metallic wings. GUESS ONLY!
… Boris Büche, 11 September, 2007 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Yes, this is a "flea beetle" in the family Chrysomelidae. Another expert may be able to give you a genus at least....
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 September, 2007 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

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