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Small dark beetle with four red spots - Zagloba ornata

Small dark beetle with four red spots - Zagloba ornata
Huddart Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
September 27, 2008
Size: 2 mm
Probably a small coccinellid? Tarsi that I can assess appear three-segmented...

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This is now -
specimen CASENT 9096841.

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

Thanks again, Tim!!
Appreciate your help, as usual - I will move to the species page you created...

Zagloba ornata
from "the book"(1), this appears to be Zagloba ornata (Horn) (described under Cephaloscymnus ornatus). Type is stated to be in the MCZ under C. ornatus here. Distro: most of CA, and southern AZ.

For the genus, Gordon states the following: "These species are not commonly collected and I have not seen host data for any of the US species (4) - but likly scale preditors."

Great find! And another new species for BugGuide :)

 
nice -- thank you guys for this exciting addition!
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Moved
Moved from Beetles.

coccinellid, sure --
let's wait for Tim Moyers's input, he's the man

 
Thanks, v -
will move to family page for now...

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