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Bassareus lituratus
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Copyright © 2008
Graham Montgomery
Chrysomelidae -
Bassareus lituratus
Bastrop State Park, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
April 6, 2008
Size: ~7 mm
I have no idea beyond that.
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Contributed by
Graham Montgomery
on 6 April, 2008 - 8:32pm
Last updated 30 June, 2009 - 8:39pm
Moved
Moved from
The Casebearers
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Jim McClarin
, 18 April, 2008 - 9:07pm
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Bassareus literatus (Fabricius)
I´ve taken a closer look at this one. All the Cryptocephalus, including trivittatus don´t seem to fit and I think it is Bassareus literatus after all. Its elytra are blackish with variable number of stripes or no stripes at all. So it seems it could be within variation of this species.
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Rob Westerduijn
, 18 April, 2008 - 1:18pm
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Thanks
Rob. I'm glad you could figure it out in the end. I'll ask for a new guide page.
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Graham Montgomery
, 18 April, 2008 - 3:12pm
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Cryptocephalus
a species from the genus Cryptocephalus (only striped Bassareus is
literatus
) Maybe this is Cryptocephalus trivittatus
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Rob Westerduijn
, 15 April, 2008 - 3:03pm
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Well,
it has three stripes on each elytron.
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Jim McClarin
, 15 April, 2008 - 5:49pm
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Moved
Moved from
Leaf Beetles
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Eric R. Eaton
, 11 April, 2008 - 3:18pm
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Cryptocephalinae
Looks related to
this one
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Jim McClarin
, 6 April, 2008 - 9:11pm
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Thanks for the help.
Should I move it to that genus?
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Graham Montgomery
, 8 April, 2008 - 7:42pm
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If it was mine,
I'd leave it at subfamily till one of the leaf beetle experts had a look.
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Jim McClarin
, 8 April, 2008 - 9:01pm
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