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Leaf Beetle - Saxinis saucia
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Leaf Beetle - Saxinis saucia
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
July 12, 2005
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Contributed by tom murray on 22 July, 2005 - 9:34pm
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 6:11pm

Thanks John
Moved from Saxinis.
… tom murray, 31 August, 2008 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Keys out to S. saucia kaibabi
Keys out to S. saucia kaibabiae.
… John Randall Watts, 30 August, 2008 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

Saxinis sp.
Rob, thanks for the identification!
… tom murray, 30 December, 2006 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… tom murray, 22 November, 2006 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

This looks like
it's related to your
… john and jane balaban, 7 January, 2006 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
same family and probably genus
It looks almost identical with less orange. The other thing I noticed, is the scutellum is deeply notched on this and not so on the other one. Where this is a western beetle, it's hard to tell for sure.
… tom murray, 7 January, 2006 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Saxinis sp
allthough there is a western species, Babia tetraspilota, I think this species is in the genus Saxinis.They are more coarsely punctate and less shiny and the antenna are broader I think you have a point on the scutellum as well. There are several species in Saxinis
… Rob Westerduijn, 30 December, 2006 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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