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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Blister Beetles (Oedemeridae) » Oedemerinae » Asclerini » Paroxacis » Paroxacis interrita
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Beetle - Paroxacis interrita
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Hollenbeck

Beetle - Paroxacis interrita
St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
May 6, 2007
Size: ~15-20mm
False blister beetle?

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 7 May, 2007 - 7:15pm
Last updated 21 October, 2013 - 11:37am

Brad Barnd pointed out that this one may be misplaced
i think he's right, this one does look more like P. interrita; sorry, my bad -- the rest of the pix on the O. suturalis page(1) show beetles w/lateral dark spots on the pronotum and hopefully do belong there

Moved from Oxycopis suturalis.
… v belov, 19 February, 2011 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Oxycopis suturalis Horn
I finally managed to figure this sp. out thanks to your excellent series, Jeff. I appreciate your work!

Moved from Oxacis.
… v belov, 3 June, 2009 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Genus
How was genus determination made? Did you key it out from this University of Florida site?
… Jim McClarin, 9 June, 2007 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

 
No
I based it on guide images, and figured if I was wrong, someone (such as yourself) would comment. I found it odd that Robin's beetle was IDed, and this one was not.
I also seem to have had confusion with my images, as I recently posted one here from the exact same location.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 14 June, 2007 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from False Blister Beetles.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 June, 2007 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

You asked . . .
if I had an idea on this one - no, I haven´t, beyond family. Seems to be a genus not represented in Europe, where I live.
… Boris Büche, 9 May, 2007 - 4:42am login or register to post comments

Oedemeridae
Yes, false blister beetle.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 May, 2007 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

looks like Oedemeridae
looks like Oedemeridae
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 7 May, 2007 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

What a strange animal!
It holds its antennae parallel with each other much like a cuped*id does.
… Jim McClarin, 7 May, 2007 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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