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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Soronia complex » Lobiopa » Lobiopa insularis
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Lobiopa insularis
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Lobiopa insularis
Duke Forest off of Hwy 751, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
August 25, 2007
Size: 5 mm
Feeding at sap, length just under 5 mm, measured in place. Looks like a Lobiopa--my most plausible guess in this tough family. Beetles of Florida would seem to list a couple of species as widespread in the east, such as
L. brunnescens, L. undulata. The couple of other species listed there would appear to be more southern, or restricted to Florida. (For what all of that is worth.)

I note there is a key including that genus here. Running through that key, I believe it seems to show it is Lobiopa insularis, so I'll go ahead and be bold and move it there.

Similar images in the Guide, all Lobiopa:

(See comments.)
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Contributed by Cotinis on 31 August, 2007 - 12:49pm
Last updated 20 August, 2008 - 11:14pm

Moved--appears to key to L. insularis
Moved from Lobiopa.

Running through key here, I believe it keys pretty clearly to Lobiopa insularis, so I'll go ahead and be bold and move it there. I am certainly prepared to be shown incorrect!
… Cotinis, 5 March, 2008 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles. Thanks for your help, Jim.
… Cotinis, 5 March, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

Yes,
Lobiopa. Go ahead and move it there. This one is much more typically patterned than the one on the page where you placed the thumbnail image,
… Jim McClarin, 5 March, 2008 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

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