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Brachiacantha felina (Fabricius) - Brachiacantha felina
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Brachiacantha felina (Fabricius) - Brachiacantha felina
se. of College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2009
Det. E. G. Riley 2009

spmn in the EGRC collection, College Station, TX

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Brachiacantha felina (Fabricius) - Brachiacantha felina Brachiacantha felina (Fabricius) - Brachiacantha felina
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 April, 2009 - 2:41pm
Last updated 6 February, 2022 - 9:32am

Moved
Moved from Brachiacantha testudo.
… Mike Quinn, 6 February, 2022 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Brachiacantha.
… Abigail Parker, 1 February, 2010 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

probably Brachiacantha testudo
One of the "five-spots" of the ursina group. B. testudo is the best match for an individual in Texas with this pattern of discrete elytral spots and pronotum with pale anterior margin and narrowly pale anterolateral angle. (Both male and female have that pronotal pattern, with the female's anterior margin being much narrower.)

I'm almost certain that it's not B. bollii, another ursina group species in the same area: in that species the spots are often confluent, and the pronotum of both sexes has a broad pale anterolateral angle; the anterior 1/3 of the male pronotum is pale, while the female pronotum black with a widely pale anterolateral angle.
… Abigail Parker, 10 October, 2009 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

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