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Shiny beetle - Metaparia opacicollis
Copyright © 2007 Penny Crispin

Shiny beetle - Metaparia opacicollis
Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
May 1, 2007
Abundant at camp right now. Found on Texas Thistle, among other plants.

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Contributed by Penny Crispin on 9 May, 2007 - 10:33pm
Last updated 2 November, 2010 - 4:28pm

Moved
Moved from Brachypnoea tristis.
… Ed Riley, 2 November, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for clearing this one up and looking into these eumolpines Ed. We`re getting a very good portion of the species out there with pictures by now.
… Rob Westerduijn, 6 November, 2010 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

I think
ID of this one has to be verified. The pronotum is more globulare and larger than in the other Brachypnoea in the guide. Different genus?
… Boris Büche, 15 August, 2007 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

 
Brachyphnoea
Not in an other genus, but maybe there is some other species in Texas I don´t know about or maybe it is just standing up right....
… Rob Westerduijn, 15 August, 2007 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Brachyphnoea tristis
Nice picture! It is Brachyphnoea tristis from the subfamily eumolpinae
… Rob Westerduijn, 10 May, 2007 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

feeding observed?
. . . or on the other plants? Chrysomelidae is safe, insofar, and it is something new here.
… Boris Büche, 10 May, 2007 - 5:51am login or register to post comments

 
No,
I never saw it feeding. But I'll keep a look-out for it in the future.
… Penny Crispin, 28 May, 2007 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

This could be something in Ch
This could be something in Chrysomelinae. I'm only going on the round profile and wide pronotum. Take a look in the guide http://bugguide.net/node/view/302 while waiting for an expert.
… Stephen Schueman, 9 May, 2007 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

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