Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Apalochrina » Collops » Collops nigritus
Photo#1559567
Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male - female
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - Male Female
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 18, 2018
Caught by sweeping vegetation
Coordinates: 31.337860, -110.963934

Images of this individual: tag all
Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male - female Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male - female Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male - female Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male - female Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male Mating pair, Malachiini - Collops nigritus - male
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 18 July, 2018 - 9:25pm
Last updated 19 November, 2018 - 10:36am

Moved
Moved from Collops.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 November, 2018 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Collops - male/female
This is Collops nigritus Schaeffer 1912. It is a common species in AZ and NM following the onset of summer rains. It is a close relative of Collops punctatus LeConte 1852.
… Adriean Mayor, 18 November, 2018 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

 
New species for BG!
Thank you Adriean!
… Salvador Vitanza, 18 November, 2018 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 8 October, 2018 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact