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Subfamily Scymninae --? - Hyperaspis lateralis - male
Copyright © 2017 Kurt Schaefer

Subfamily Scymninae --? - Hyperaspis lateralis - Male
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
June 30, 2017
Size: ca 3mm

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Subfamily Scymninae --? - Hyperaspis lateralis - male Subfamily Scymninae --? - Hyperaspis lateralis - male
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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 1 July, 2017 - 8:47am
Last updated 2 October, 2017 - 2:34am

Moved
Moved from Scymninae.
… Mike Quinn, 1 July, 2017 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Mike, have you ever seen two colours on this one before?
It's a first for me! Offers interesting questions into the genetic makeup of the pattern.
… James Bailey, 1 July, 2017 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
have only seen it once, out in west TX
here's a spmn that looks like it has two colors, though diff. from yours:

Santa Barbara County, California
… Mike Quinn, 3 July, 2017 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Mike,
Thanks for the ID of this colorful beetle.
… Kurt Schaefer, 1 July, 2017 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

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