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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Striped Pachys (Pachybrachis Striped Pachys) » Pachybrachis picturatus

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Copyright © 2010 Alan Bailey

Small Beetle - Pachybrachis picturatus

Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
June 23, 2010
Size: less than a half cm

This small, wary beetle was found in a sandhill swale containing longleaf pine habitat near the Canoochee River. I flushed it from a flowering Hypericum before it lit on a Carphephorus where I photographed it relatively early in the morning. Any ideas on an i.d.? Thanks.

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Small Beetle - Pachybrachis picturatus

Small Beetle - Pachybrachis picturatus

Small Beetle - Pachybrachis picturatus

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Contributed by Alan Bailey on 25 June, 2010 - 8:08pm
Last updated 5 August, 2012 - 5:27pm

Moved

Moved from Pachybrachis.

Follow-up images support the ID. Moved tentatively, pending examination of follow-up specimens.

… Blaine Mathison, 4 July, 2010 - 8:57pm

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ID confirmed by Robert Barney

I donated the specimens to him, as he is currently working on this group.

… Blaine Mathison, 5 December, 2011 - 10:53am

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nice; pls ask him to take a look at other BG pix...

...if he feels comfortable

… v belov, 5 December, 2011 - 10:56am

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 25 June, 2010 - 11:54pm

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Pachybrachis sp.

Cannot key out in Ciegler (2007) as several characters are not shown well in image (i.e. tarsal claws, etc). Several have a similar color pattern, especially with regards to the black 'M' on the pronotum. Reading species descriptions in Ciegler (2007), P. picturatus looks like a good bet, but I do not have comparitive material!

I too am in GA, if you have the specimen and send it to me, I can run it through the proper keys!

… Blaine Mathison, 25 June, 2010 - 9:17pm

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One of the Casebearers

Here is one I found:

Not sure on which species yours is.

… Ron M., 25 June, 2010 - 9:15pm

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