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Heptispa brevicornis Riley - Heptispa brevicornis
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Heptispa brevicornis Riley - Heptispa brevicornis
6 mi. E. Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
January 13, 1972
Size: body length is 3.8-3.9 mm
HOLOTYPE

Label reads:

TEXAS: Cameron Co.
6 mi. E. Brownsville
January 13, 1972
W. E. Clark

spmn in the TAMUIC (1)

First U.S. record for genus. (2) Globally known from 2 spmns coll. at this date and location.
(Genus not listed in "American Beetles" (3) or in the "Catalog of Leaf Beetles North of Mexico" (4))

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 December, 2015 - 4:27pm
Last updated 28 December, 2015 - 7:38pm

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