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Idolia

Idolia
Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
September 3, 2008
Size: ~2 mm
ex: ground-level Flight Intercept Trap (FIT) set: IX-3-18-2008 in Palm Forest

spmn in the TAMUIC

Moved

Idolia indeed
Hi folks. Thanks for the note Jeff. It certainly is Idolia. I don't know the species, and as you note, putting a South American name on it seems overambitious. I don't actually know what species was previously reported from TX, but Pete K. should.

Mike

Moved
Moved from Clown Beetles.

size?
looks like Aeletes politus due to a lack of exposed scutellum and lack of punctures along base of pronotum.

 
so, we have two conflicting opinions--
let's wait for the hist people to weigh in

 
and the winner is...
I believe this to be an Idolia. Extremely exciting find. Per AB, 'Idolia Lewis 1885, was previously reported from Texas. However, we have not confirmed any records north of the Mexican border.'

Seems like Mike has!!!

Should probably get a second opinion though.

I will post some pics of a Trinidadian specimen shortly for comparison.

 
ha!
everybody's a winner, as far as i'm concerned... :)

 
Agree!
Thanks, Gruberrific!

 
More images please
It would be great to get some shots from other angles. Also, what is the size?

In the meantime, I have posted some images for comparison purposes.


 
No other shots...
I just got the one shot... I believe it was about 2 mils long... Spmn is over in College Station, or has even been sent of for determination... There is a second label below the data label that might be a det label... Lots of speculation going on, but your pix of Idolia look like the best match to me...

 
?
How was I. punctisternum arrived at?

Mazur's world catalogue lists these localities:
I. antennata - Guatemala
I. gibba - Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Ecuador
I. laevissima - Cuba, Central America
I. punctisternum - Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Panama
I. scitula - Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Peru

 
Via very poor taxonomic deduction...
My bad... Gibba or n.sp.???

 
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Would probably leave at genus level until an appropriate expert actually looks at the specimen. I dropped Dr. Pete Kovarik a note. He is the one who determined my Idolia specimen.

looks bacaniusy
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(to lock my comment in for the avoidance of fraud -- on my part :)

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