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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Malachiina » Axinotarsus » Axinotarsus pulicarius
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Shiny beetle on hydrangea - Axinotarsus pulicarius - female
Copyright © 2008 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Shiny beetle on hydrangea - Axinotarsus pulicarius - Female
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 5, 2008
Size: 4mm approx

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 5 July, 2008 - 10:52am
Last updated 29 June, 2011 - 7:17pm

Moved
Moved from Axinotarsus.
… v belov, 29 June, 2011 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 28 January, 2010 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Melyridae
?Attalus of sorts
… v belov, 5 July, 2008 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, v
this family is new to me. I see a similar one from Ontario in guide, taken last year:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 5 July, 2008 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
yup,
there's a few pics of your guys and allied spp. posted under Melyridae without ID. that's a shame.
… v belov, 5 July, 2008 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
How confident are you of the genus?
I took your ? to mean it might be something else, which is why I posted to family level.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 5 July, 2008 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
u've got it right
as so many others, this reasonably large group is relatively neglected and is waiting for an expert [or someone having access to reliably IDed ref collection -- and earnest intentions] to sort out the accumulated posts
… v belov, 5 July, 2008 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

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