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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena bicinctella
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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena bicinctella - male
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena bicinctella - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 28, 2009
Size: 3mm

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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena bicinctella - male Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena bicinctella - male
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 29 June, 2009 - 7:49am
Last updated 23 June, 2022 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from Mordellistena trifasciata.

1st dark band on elytra not tricuspidate,
but with rather straight posteriour edge.
… Boris Büche, 23 June, 2022 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Cropping?
Can you possibly crop it a little? I know that you can't do much more; but if it is the only male it would be nice if it showed better, even in thumbnails.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 February, 2010 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Tumbling Flower Beetle
Cropping completed.
… Ilona L., 25 February, 2010 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 5 August, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Mordellistena sp.
but which one? looks new to BugGuide. Nice!
… Tim Moyer, 29 June, 2009 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
Mordellistena trifasciata
after a bit of review, this one can only be Mordellistena trifasciata (which you've previously found and posted). It's a male (lighter pronotum, legs, and abs), whereas all the others currently posted are females. Still, even the elytra has a bit more lighter coloration than expected.
… Tim Moyer, 5 August, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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