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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Malachiinae » Malachiini » Attalina » Attalus » Attalus scincetus
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Melyrid? - Attalus scincetus - male
Copyright © 2010 JC Jones

Melyrid? - Attalus scincetus - Male
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
April 3, 2010
Size: ~2 - 3mm
Found crawling on the deck handrail.

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Melyrid? - Attalus scincetus - male Melyrid? - Attalus scincetus
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Contributed by JC Jones on 3 April, 2010 - 1:35pm
Last updated 6 April, 2010 - 4:24pm

thanx, Adriean; i'll add the info from your comment to the page
Moved from Attalus.
… v belov, 5 April, 2010 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

Melyrid? - Attalus from South Carolina.
This is a male of Attalus scincetus (Say). It is a common widespread species, and occurs from Nuevo Leon in Mexico north at least as far as Wisconsin. It can be found on flowers of Prunus, Crataegus, Cornus, Sambucus etc. in spring and early summer.
… Adriean Mayor, 5 April, 2010 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

hope Dr Mayor will get us a name
Moved from Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 3 April, 2010 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Attalus sp.
something near A. scincetus (but I cannot confirm it is that species).
… Blaine Mathison, 3 April, 2010 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

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