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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Flower Beetles (Scraptiidae) » Anaspidinae » Pentariini » Pentaria » Pentaria trifasciata
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Beetle 1526 - Pentaria trifasciata
Copyright © 2008 Steve Nanz

Beetle 1526 - Pentaria trifasciata
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
June 21, 2008
Size: < 6 mm
Tenebrionoidea? Found images of Orchesia and Anaspis that looked similar.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 29 September, 2008 - 4:51am
Last updated 18 March, 2009 - 8:13am

opinion of Darren A. Pollock: "prob. correctly det."
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… v belov, 31 May, 2009 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anaspis.
… v belov, 18 March, 2009 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

Handsome scraptiid!
Nice to see.
… Jim McClarin, 29 September, 2008 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

yes,
Anaspis sensu lato. Must be IDable to sp. Orchesia don't have strigae on elytra, but may look similar indeed (and some Abdera, too)
… v belov, 29 September, 2008 - 5:53am login or register to post comments

 
Pentaria trifasciata?
From Downie and Arnett there doesn't seem to be any Anaspis with coloration close to this one, but the description for Pentaria trifasciata (Melsheimer) sounds like a good fit. The images from the Santa Barbara site are a little different from D&A's description in that D&A states "elytra yellow, base, tips, and broad band just behind middle, black.". This image matches, with the entire base dark.
… Tim Moyer, 2 October, 2008 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
For both the ID and info.
… Steve Nanz, 29 September, 2008 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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