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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccidulinae » Coccidulini » Rhyzobius » Rhyzobius lophanthae
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Small, hairy beetle - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Copyright © 2011 R. Berg

Small, hairy beetle - Rhyzobius lophanthae
Alameda County, California, USA
July 5, 2011
Size: 3.0 mm bl
Found on exterior wall, midday. Looks coccinellidish but is very bristly. When it partly raised its wings, the surface beneath was orange (no photo).

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Small, hairy beetle - Rhyzobius lophanthae Small, hairy beetle - Rhyzobius lophanthae
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Contributed by R. Berg on 5 July, 2011 - 11:37pm
Last updated 7 July, 2011 - 10:11pm

Moved
Moved from Rhyzobius.
… R. Berg, 7 July, 2011 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rhyzobius lophanthae.
… R. Berg, 6 July, 2011 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

 
I think R. lophanthae is right
It has the reddish-purplish metallic sheen of R. lophanthae, whereas R. forestieri is black with a bit of a silvery sheen beneath the setae.
… Abigail Parker, 7 July, 2011 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

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Rhyzobius
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