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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellina
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Mordellistena tosta - Mordellina
Copyright © 2015 John Rosenfeld

Mordellistena tosta - Mordellina
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 6, 2015
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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 8 July, 2015 - 1:19pm
Last updated 6 July, 2017 - 8:22pm

Moved
Moved from near testacea & wickhami.
… Brad Barnd, 6 July, 2017 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mordellistena tosta.
… Brad Barnd, 6 July, 2017 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I found what I thought was one of these today
wasn't going to post it but took a closer look after you moved these and it looks different -



antennae look stouter and there is a black pattern on the dorsal of the rear legs.

Any thoughts? I released it.
… John Rosenfeld, 6 July, 2017 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
it looks different
maybe vapida??

and I goofed, keep forgetting about the splitting of this damn genus lol
… Brad Barnd, 6 July, 2017 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Must be vapida
Blaine has one posted and it has those same black chevrons on the hind legs.

And thanks for all the IDs!
… John Rosenfeld, 6 July, 2017 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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