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Black Chilocorus (Chilocorus nigrita)
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Copyright © 2009
Michael C. Thomas
Chilocorus nigrita (Fabricius) -
Chilocorus nigrita
Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA
Size: 4mm
An Asian species recently discovered in southern Florida.
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Contributed by
Michael C. Thomas
on 15 December, 2009 - 1:58pm
Last updated 3 April, 2013 - 10:59am
guys, i have a feeling the correct spelling is 'nigrita'
a tricky case; nigrita, used in the orig.comb., is a noun (not an adjective), and thus is not subject to gender change depending on combination --just like 'stigma' in the same genus --see
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surprisingly,
Wiki
has it right, for a change
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v belov
, 3 April, 2013 - 10:19am
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Correct
It is nigrita.
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Michael C. Thomas
, 3 April, 2013 - 10:52am
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thanks --corrected on info pages
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v belov
, 3 April, 2013 - 10:59am
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not a Latin scholar here...
...I'll bow to your rationale here.
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Abigail Parker
, 3 April, 2013 - 10:42am
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Great find!
You have amazing coccinellids in Florida, all these photos are top-quality. I have total Florida envy right now, it's been a solid week of freezing rain in Philadelphia!
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Abigail Parker
, 15 December, 2009 - 2:08pm
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Thanks
It's been in the 80s here the last couple days; hoping for some cooler weather, but a white Christmas is probably out of the question.
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Michael C. Thomas
, 15 December, 2009 - 2:18pm
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Thanks...
for the neat addition and another great image!
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Blaine Mathison
, 15 December, 2009 - 2:02pm
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Moved
Moved from
Chilocorus
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Blaine Mathison
, 15 December, 2009 - 2:01pm
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