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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Sticholotidinae » Microweiseini » Minute Lady Beetles (Microweisea)
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Microweisea
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Microweisea
se. of College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2009
Det. E. G. Riley 2009

spmn in the EGRC, College Station, TX
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 April, 2009 - 1:20pm
Last updated 9 August, 2023 - 1:59pm

Distinct punctures = misella?
Size might seal the ID.
… James Bailey, 13 October, 2015 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

funny maxillar palpi
I never saw them that long in any Coccinellid!
… Boris Büche, 4 May, 2009 - 4:49am login or register to post comments

 
characteristic of Sticholotidinae in N. Am.
Maxillary palpi with the apical segment elongated oval or conical are diagnostic for this subfamily in N. America. Gordon mentions that in some tribes not occurring north of Mexico, the feature is not as distinctive, but in the Nearctic it's all you need to determine this subfamily.
… Abigail Parker, 20 December, 2009 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

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