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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Luperini » Luperina-subtribe » Section Scelidites » Scelolyperus » Scelolyperus varipes
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Leaf Beetle - Scelolyperus varipes
Copyright © 2020 Trevor Van Loon

Leaf Beetle - Scelolyperus varipes
Pemberton, Squamish-Lillooet District, British Columbia, Canada
June 13, 2020
Scelolyperus? Maybe varipes?

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Contributed by Chloe and Trevor Van Loon on 17 June, 2020 - 11:36am
Last updated 9 February, 2021 - 9:00pm

sounds compelling
Moved from Scelolyperus.
… v belov, 9 February, 2021 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

Assuming tibia is not esp. curved it keys to S. varipes
Following the key here, it seems to key to S. varipes. The one couplet I was unsure about was the degree of curving of the hind tibia. I don't think it is especially curved compared to photos of e.g. S. schwarzii.
… Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, 26 January, 2021 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 9 July, 2020 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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