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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena convicta
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Mordellidae, lateral - Mordellistena convicta - female
Copyright © 2017 MJ Hatfield

Mordellidae, lateral - Mordellistena convicta - Female
Harmony road ditch, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA
Size: 3-4+ mm
In 2015 when collecting & cleaning seed of Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis, found the pods chocked full of evidence of Mompha sp.


In 2016 returned to the site but found only an occasional Primrose plant and no evidence of herbivory. There were quite a few Goldenrod Gall Fly galls.
November 24, 2016: returned to the site and collected 8 fly galls
April 27, 28, 29, 2016: an adult mordellid in the rearing jar each of the 3 days

size: How much of the last abdominal segment is counted for overall size?

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Mordellidae, lateral - Mordellistena convicta - female Mordellidae, hind leg - Mordellistena convicta - female Mordellidae, dorsal - Mordellistena convicta - female Mordellidae, dorsal - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 16 February, 2017 - 8:09pm
Last updated 5 April, 2018 - 9:59pm

Moved
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 5 April, 2018 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

convicta
ridges and elytra markings match M. convicta

Regarding size, tumblers are often measured twice - with and without the last abdominal segment or style.
… Tim Moyer, 5 April, 2018 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
AND answering my question.
… MJ Hatfield, 5 April, 2018 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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