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unidentified signata or binotata group (Hyperaspis unidentified signata or binotata group)
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Copyright © 2012
Steve McKechnie
Damaged beetle -
Hyperaspis
Torch River Provincial Forest, Saskatchewan, Canada
September 1, 2012
Size: ~ 3.3 mm.
Found in a open Pine forest on a chanterelle mushroom.
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Contributed by
Steve McKechnie
on 2 September, 2012 - 10:22pm
Last updated 20 June, 2017 - 5:08pm
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James Bailey
, 20 June, 2017 - 5:08pm
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probably Hyperaspis conviva
The dorsoventral flattening is pronounced, and if whatever had damaged the elytra had flattened a more-convex beetle to this extent, the beetle wouldn't have survived. H. conviva is also the only member of the H. signata group that occurs in Saskatchewan (although the H. signata group isn't the only "black with two red spots" group in Hyperaspis).
I'll do some more research, there may not be many similar spp. in your area and it may be possible to rule out everything but H. conviva.
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Abigail Parker
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v belov
, 4 September, 2012 - 2:29am
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looks like Hyperaspis to me
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v belov
, 2 September, 2012 - 11:27pm
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Thanks for the direction
I've scrolled through the Hyperaspis and came across three, similar to
Added a front and ventral view.
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Steve McKechnie
, 3 September, 2012 - 8:30am
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good call; hope our experts take this from here
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, 4 September, 2012 - 2:30am
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