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Capraita sp - Capraita scalaris
Copyright © 2010 Bruce Getty

Capraita sp - Capraita scalaris
Middleburg, Clay County, Florida, USA
April 8, 2010
Size: 5.5mm
Light trap. Keys out in Am. Beetles, Vol 2, Pgs 629-633 (1,58,59,62,63,65) as a Capraita.
Eight species in FL, only three of which are in the Guide. My new references have not yet
arrived, so putting this up for the experts to pick from C. indigoptera, C. quercata,
C. saltator, C. scalaris or C. spilonota

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Contributed by Bruce Getty on 10 April, 2010 - 12:19pm
Last updated 5 September, 2018 - 7:09am

could
I use this photo for a leaf beetle guide I am writing?
… BeetleBot, 14 August, 2024 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Capraita.

Also reached C. scalaris with Blake (1927) key, covering all species.
cite: "Specimens examined from Florida present an unusually varied pattern in elytral markings"
… Boris Büche, 5 September, 2018 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

C. scalaris
Keys out to C. scalaris in Ciegler (2007); not sure if it could be a FL endemic though that is not covered by that reference.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 May, 2010 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
C. spilonota it is not
Have studied description.

Basic pattern of spilonota pretty similar, but
1) basal margin of elytra narrwly black;
2) second lateral spot equidistant from 2nd and 3rd median spot
(not close to 2nd, as here)
… Boris Büche, 5 September, 2018 - 7:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 10 April, 2010 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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