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Beetle ID - Disonycha caroliniana
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Beetle ID - Disonycha caroliniana
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
February 17, 2008
Size: 6mm
Found under piece of bark from dead tree. This little beetle can hop!
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 17 February, 2008 - 9:15pm
Last updated 7 July, 2008 - 9:47am

Moved
Moved from Disonycha.
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2008 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Probably D. caroliniana. Althoug
Probably D. caroliniana. Although the specimen does not show any pronotal spots the coloration fits it.
… John R. Watts, 7 July, 2008 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
The coloration of this specim
The coloration of this specimen just does not fit the other caroliniana so I took it back through Blake's key using the couplet with part or all of the head dark instead of the entire head being pale. Obviously the head is not entirely dark but it is possible it has some darkness to it near the labrum. It keys down to D. arizonae using that route assuming the submarginal vitta unites with the sutural one.
… John R. Watts, 1 September, 2008 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

Hops like a flea beetle
It might be one of these.
… tom murray, 17 February, 2008 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tom....
The beetle in my image seems to resemble species Disonycha fumata more than any of the others. But not quite. This species is also only showing in Florida, so I'm a little too far north.

I'll leave it in ID a little longer to see if anyone else wants to chime in.

Thanks!
… Scott Justis, 18 February, 2008 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

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