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What is this beetle? - Megetra vittata
Copyright © 2007 Frank and Vicky Giannangelo

What is this beetle? - Megetra vittata
High desert 7300 feet, eats plant foliage, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA
September 21, 2007
Size: 5/16th of an inch
What is this beetle? No locals have ever identified it.

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What is this beetle? - Megetra vittata What is this beetle? - Megetra vittata What is this beetle? - Megetra vittata What is this beetle? - Megetra vittata
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Contributed by Frank and Vicky Giannangelo on 21 September, 2007 - 5:54pm
Last updated 15 March, 2009 - 11:30am

Moved
Moved from Megetra.
… john and jane balaban, 15 March, 2009 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

Probably
Megetra vittata. Enlarging the last photo (better would be reposting a cropped version) the elytral pattern looks like the finely, irregularly reticulate pattern of vittata. The elytra are abruptly deflexed to the side forming an edge.
There are also records from nearby, i.e. Gallup, & Ft. Wingate.
… Hartmut Wisch, 14 September, 2008 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Megetra vittata (LeConte)
John Pinto det.
… v belov, 15 March, 2009 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 November, 2007 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

Congrats!
Congratulations on simply identifying this as a beetle! I always get inquiries about these referring to them as 'ants.' They are certainly atypical beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2007 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

check out
… john and jane balaban, 21 September, 2007 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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