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Pachybrachis sp. - Pachybrachis thoracicus
Copyright © 2015 Jordan D. Marche II

Pachybrachis sp. - Pachybrachis thoracicus
Tucson: Westward Look Motel, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 30, 2015
Size: 4.0 mm
Collected on patio screen door of room. Differs significantly in color pattern from P. subfasciatus (Evans, BOENA, p. 453), where the orange is chiefly found on the elytra, not the pronotum.

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Pachybrachis sp. - Pachybrachis thoracicus Pachybrachis sp. - Pachybrachis thoracicus
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Contributed by Jordan D. Marche II on 20 July, 2015 - 10:03am
Last updated 17 December, 2016 - 3:17pm

Moved
Moved from Pubescent Pachys.
… Mike Quinn, 17 December, 2016 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scriptured Leaf Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 19 August, 2015 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

perhaps a hundred spp. in the area...
...but this is indeed a reasonably uncommon gestalt, so there may be hope
check out P. thoracicus(1) (by no means an ID!)

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 20 July, 2015 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
actually, there should be less than 10 pubescent spp. in AZ
best match is in fact P. thoracicus
… Mike Quinn, 17 December, 2016 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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