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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena liturata
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Nice Mordellid - Mordellistena liturata
Copyright © 2014 Gary Griswold

Nice Mordellid - Mordellistena liturata
March, Dallas County, Missouri, USA
June 22, 2013
Size: ~ 3 mm
Ex. from a Lindgren funnel trap by Jerry Wilson. Possible F. pubescens? Confirmation and ID would be appreciated....

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 1 January, 2014 - 5:06pm
Last updated 13 January, 2014 - 1:54pm

favor M. liturata
based on the coloration seen on this individual. Both M. liturata and F. pubescens have the same ridge count (nice image!), but F. pubescens is typically much darker. And there's always M. masoni (same color, same ridges), but I don't see the required "spots" in between the bands.
… Tim Moyer, 1 January, 2014 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 1 January, 2014 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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