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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) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Bruchini » Acanthoscelidina » Althaeus » Velvetleaf Seed Beetle (Althaeus folkertsi)
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Bruchinae, lateral - Althaeus folkertsi
Copyright © 2012 MJ Hatfield

Bruchinae, lateral - Althaeus folkertsi
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
August 3, 2012
Size: 2+ mm
Collected seed heads of Hibiscus laevis, put them in a baggie & a couple of weeks later saw the beetles in the baggie.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 2 September, 2012 - 9:12am
Last updated 6 January, 2017 - 12:23pm

Moved
Moved from Althaeus.
… MJ Hatfield, 22 September, 2012 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

good call, MJ! wanna see more of your stuff on BG...
Moved from Pea and Bean Weevils.
… v belov, 2 September, 2012 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Winter's coming..
I don't come indoors until I have to.
… MJ Hatfield, 2 September, 2012 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Althaeus ID
Based upon the gestalt of the metafemoral spurs and the nature of the genitalia, all the individuals you sent me were Althaeus folkertsi Kingsolver. I can post pics of the genitalia here later.
A. folkertsi is the predominant midwestern species, but becomes sympatric with A. hibisci in the eastern states. Here in Ohio, though we have both species, we have predominantly A. hibisci.
I have genitalia clearing now for mounting too.
… George David keeney, 21 September, 2012 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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