Mordellistena bicinctella LeConte - Mordellistena bicinctella

Moved

Moved from Mordellistena trifasciata.

1st dark band on elytra not tricuspidate,
but with rather straight posteriour edge.

… Boris Büche, 23 June, 2022 - 1:12pm

tibia ridge

Mike, could you please describe the ridge(s) on the tibia of this one? From the image, it looks like it might have only one, very long ridge extending all the way across the face. This would be a bit unusual for M. trifasciata. The elytra markings about the base also appear a bit atypical. Not saying it's not M. trifasciata. Just curious.

… Tim Moyer, 4 September, 2012 - 11:43am

Mordellistena bicinctella?

Pattern looks like BOLD images here

… Steve Nanz, 7 July, 2013 - 4:30pm

vote 'no'

I vote 'no', based on the pronotal darkening toward the apical margin, characteristic of trifasciata, vs. bicinctella's basal darkening.

… Tim Moyer, 11 July, 2013 - 9:28pm

only got one pic of this one

It may have jumped/flown, so it may not have made it to A&M...

… Mike Quinn, 4 September, 2012 - 1:27pm