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Small hairy beetle with clubbed antennae - Coleothorpa axillaris

Small hairy beetle with clubbed antennae - Coleothorpa axillaris
SFSU Field Station, Sierra County, California, USA
July 7, 2008
Size: 3 mm
Another imperfectly pointed beetle. Small and hairy with a clubbed antenna. I'm having trouble placing this one in the right family...

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This is now -
specimen CASENT 9096839.

Coleothorpa (Coscinoptera) ax
Coleothorpa (Coscinoptera) axillaris (Chrysomelidae)

 
Thanks so much -
Dennis, for the species ID!!

Looks just like this image from the Santa Barbara MNH CA Beetle Project database:

http://tinyurl.com/62zeew

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