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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Exochomus » Exochomus californicus

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Copyright © 2017 Ken Schneider

Exochomus californicus? - Exochomus californicus

Janes Reservoir, Modoc National Forest, Modoc County, California, USA
April 28, 2017
Size: ca 3 mm

I beat this cool little coccinellid from a pine tree. Looks similar to our one set of images of Exochomus californicus?

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Exochomus californicus? - Exochomus californicus

Exochomus californicus? - Exochomus californicus

Exochomus californicus? - Exochomus californicus

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 28 April, 2017 - 8:25pm
Last updated 20 December, 2018 - 9:57pm

Moved

Moved from Chilocorinae.

… James Bailey, 20 December, 2018 - 9:57pm

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Moved

Moved from Lady Beetles.

… James Bailey, 17 June, 2017 - 11:57am

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By the way--

these are some very good finds. Not many places in California where you can find one of these species let alone three. I'm jealous.

… James Bailey, 28 April, 2017 - 9:03pm

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Thanks James -

I'm always psyched to find "different" looking coccinellids - Modoc County is pretty remote and under-explored IMO.

I'm not sure about the "specks" - I beat this beetle from a pine tree and debris could have rained down from the tree I suppose, but otherwise it looks pretty clean? Not sure...

Edit - it does look very similar to the little white specks on Dennis Haines specimen images on BG, which are presumably "clean"?

… Ken Schneider, 28 April, 2017 - 9:05pm

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That's what I wanted to ask Dennis about

I have not looked at this species myself so I don't know in what form the pubescence is, just that this species has it and the others don't.

… James Bailey, 28 April, 2017 - 9:09pm

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Did you collect this one?

A close up of the tarsal claw and elytral pubescence would help work out if this is Exochomus californicus or Brumoides histrio.

… James Bailey, 28 April, 2017 - 8:55pm

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Nope -

unfortunately, I did not collect it...

… Ken Schneider, 28 April, 2017 - 9:00pm

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What do you think about those specks of dust?

Actually debris? Because those could be the very short hairs of Brumoides histrio.

… James Bailey, 28 April, 2017 - 9:01pm

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