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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina testacea

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellina testacea
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 12, 2014
Size: 2.5mm

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Moved tentatively
Moved from Mordellistena andreae. I'm tentatively placing this as Mordellina testacea.

Mordellistena andreae LeConte
Moved from Mordellistena tosta. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John.

I think this is one of the color variants of M. andreae.

Moved
Moved from Mordellistenini.

Mordellistena tosta (I think)
I believe this is Mordellistena tosta. I think I see 2 (not 3) ridges of equal length on the tibia, 3 on the first tarsi, and 2 on the second. That, combined with the light color with darkening on the apical elytra, leads only to M. tosta.

Let's move it there at least for now. Only our second beetle with ridges like this.

 
Not M. tosta
Your counts of ridges are correct, but looking at this specimen in front of me, the second ridge on the tibiae extends across the face. This puts me to couplet 36 of Liljeblad's key. Trying to find a suitable candidate... [2.5 mm measured length]

Moved

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