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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena attenuata
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Tumbling flower beetle - Mordellistena attenuata
Copyright © 2010 WonGun Kim

Tumbling flower beetle - Mordellistena attenuata
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 6, 2010
Size: ~ 5.5 mm
Failed to find the same pattern. Please help with ID.

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 6 June, 2010 - 9:40pm
Last updated 8 June, 2010 - 3:02am

Thanks, Tim and v!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 8 June, 2010 - 3:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mordellistena.
… Tim Moyer, 8 June, 2010 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

wow. i hope Tim will tell -- and make a new page for it, too
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 7 June, 2010 - 1:43am login or register to post comments

 
M. attenuata (Say) 1826
easy one. Liljblad describes this one as 5,4,1 for the ridges, but "all very small, and usually uneven" (which is good 'cause I can't see them well at all on this one - no fault of image).
Head rufous, pronotum marked as shown here for males, females all black (see LeConte's type under M. vittagera). Legs anterior rufous, rear nearly black (male, as here), female fuscous. Underside black with golden pubescense. Vitta as shown here.

As Liljeblad states "a rather pretty insect", and a new species for BugGuide :)
… Tim Moyer, 8 June, 2010 - 3:01am login or register to post comments

 
rather pretty
thanks a ton, Tim & Kim Team! Liljeblad, too...
… v belov, 8 June, 2010 - 3:07am login or register to post comments

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