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Collops punctatus
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Copyright © 2009
MJ Hatfield
Melyridae -
Collops punctatus
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Mt Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
June 29, 2009
Size: 4 mm
Sweep net of pasture/grassland for the ISU/Iowa DNR Patch, Burn, Graze project.
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MJ Hatfield
on 4 December, 2009 - 8:54pm
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 3:25pm
from Adriean J. Mayor: female Collops punctatus LeConte 1852
his (Dr Mayor's, not LeConte's) comment: "It is very similar to
C. nigritus
Schaeffer 1912, and probably they are the same species, but
punctatus
is the senior name. The differences between the two are minor.
C. punctatus
has a slightly bluish cast to the elytra while
C. nigritus
is black with no hint of blue. Other characters, shape of male antennae and the genitalia, punctation of the elytra, etc., are pretty much the same in the two. No one has formally synonymized them at this time."
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let's keep it here for now; dunno what 'C. punctatus LeC.' is...
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must be a slim Collops nigriceps ♀
MJ, i know i owe you some answers -- i've not forsaken you, just got swamped with stuff... :-]
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