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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Peltidae » Peltis » Peltis fraterna
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Chrysomelid? - Peltis fraterna
Copyright © 2010 gmcnett

Chrysomelid? - Peltis fraterna
Grassy Lake, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
August 18, 1998
Size: 7 mm length
General appearance and tarsal formula (apparently 4-4-4) make me think Chrysomelidae on this one, but I'm just getting started keying it out. Any guesses on family?

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Contributed by gmcnett on 7 July, 2010 - 10:14am

Ostoma fraterna
This species is now actually known as Ostoma fraterna (Randall, 1838). It was formerly grouped together with the Palaearctic Ostoma ferruginea (Linnaeus, 1758) as a single Holarctic species The genus was revised by Barron (1996).
… Christopher Majka, 1 December, 2010 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Chris
guide page updated
… v belov, 1 December, 2010 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

i'm so glad you posted it! this is Ostoma ferruginea --
...a Holarctic sp. [very common in n. Eurasia], the last one missing in the Guide.

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 7 July, 2010 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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