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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Nemognatha » subgenus Pauronemognatha (Nemognatha subgenus Pauronemognatha) » Nemognatha punctulata
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Blister Beetle - Meloidae > Nemognatha sp. - Nemognatha punctulata
Copyright © 2009 Bruce Getty

Blister Beetle - Meloidae > Nemognatha sp. - Nemognatha punctulata
Middleburg, Clay County, Florida, USA
October 4, 2009
Size: 10.85mm
Collected on Goldenrod. This one: Tarsi 5-5-4 & black; Femora/tibiae yellow w/blk joints.
Claws bifid, pectinate and divaricate. Proboscis - extending to back of mesocoxa. Three
species in FL; (N. nemorensis/piazata/punctulata). Of the three, my new guess would be
N. punctulata based on the black tarsi, the elytra apparently being quite variable. I am
pleased to leave at Genus, or even Family level. Many thanks.

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Contributed by Bruce Getty on 4 October, 2009 - 6:56pm
Last updated 13 October, 2021 - 12:26pm

Moved
Moved from Nemognatha.
… Boris Büche, 13 October, 2021 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nemognathini.
… Boris Büche, 9 October, 2021 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Zonitis vittigera.
… Boris Büche, 9 October, 2021 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

Zonitis vittigera (LeConte) -- John Pinto det.
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… v belov, 8 November, 2009 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah,
I had also looked at Zonitis but I'm not really familiar with the genera in Meloidae.
… Natalie Hernandez, 8 November, 2009 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Loh, 5 October, 2009 - 1:18am login or register to post comments

How about Nemognatha
in the Meloidae? Long proboscis provides a clue.
… Skip Blanchard, 4 October, 2009 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Meloidae
Many thanks. My first one. Have had no exposure with this group, the
proboscis was confusing for sure. Now having read through Am Beetles
Vol II on the family things make more sense. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
… Bruce Getty, 5 October, 2009 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thats what I was thinking too.
Definitely a Meloid though, not positive on Nemognatha but that'd be my guess.
… Natalie Hernandez, 5 October, 2009 - 1:12am login or register to post comments

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