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tiny chrysomelid - Epitrix fuscula
Copyright © 2019 Steve Scholnick

tiny chrysomelid - Epitrix fuscula
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
May 8, 2019
Size: body 2.1mm
Epitrix fuscula, I think, under the assumption that the dark tibiae and coarse pronotal punctuation are inconsistent with E. cucumeris. However, I could be way off and would appreciate some input about the ID.

TIA

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 9 May, 2019 - 11:58pm
Last updated 23 November, 2019 - 10:14pm

Moved
Moved from Epitrix.
… ADeczynski, 23 November, 2019 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

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… Blaine Mathison, 22 November, 2019 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

 
now keyed out
This one comes out to Epitrix fuscula using Deczynski's key (1): never with depressions behind humeral angles; body black; body length longer than 1.5mm; not broad & rounded, vertex w/o wrinkles; lacks bronze luster; pronotum lacks serrations on lateral ridge and has an indistinct antebasal impression; front and middle femora at least partially darkened; pronotal punctures dense and contiguous; body width less than 1.6 times length.
I'll email Anthony Deczynski to see if he'll take a look at it.
… Steve Scholnick, 23 November, 2019 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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