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Photo#1275421
Pyrota sp.

Pyrota sp.
Petrified Forest, Apache County, Arizona, USA
August 12, 2016
Size: About 1"
This lovely beetle is in the genus Pyrota, Mylabrina Group, most likely P. concinna or P. palpalis based on the food it was eating, Gutierrezia sp., snakeweed.
A revision of the genus Pyrota. I. The Mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
By Selander R.B.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 665-717, 1982

Frassed
Moved from Mylabrina Group.

 
Just wondering, why is this frassed?
Quality seems okay and genus was known.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

yes, Pyrota
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