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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » False Flower Beetles (Scraptiidae) » Anaspidinae » Anaspidini » Anaspis » Anaspis sericea
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Small Beetle - Anaspis sericea
Copyright © 2011 Matt Goff

Small Beetle - Anaspis sericea
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
July 15, 2011
Beetle was small - perhaps 1cm long? Crawling on Red Alder (Alnus rubra) leaf.

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Contributed by Matt Goff on 1 August, 2011 - 7:05pm
Last updated 2 March, 2015 - 5:38pm

Moved
Moved from Anaspis.
… v belov, 2 March, 2015 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 2 August, 2011 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

best guess, Anaspis of sorts
...but for the fact Anaspis don't grow that huge [1 cm is huge!] --they're more like 4 mm
… v belov, 1 August, 2011 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

 
size estimate
I'm pretty bad at size estimation (especially when I don't think about it at the time) - it's entirely possible that the beetle was closer to .5cm or smaller. If I get a chance, I'll measure a Red Alder leaf and see what the separation on the teeth typically is, the other photo shows the beetle on the edge, so perhaps that should offer a little confirmation one way or the other.
… Matt Goff, 2 August, 2011 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
don't go into too much trouble about size
i'm pretty confident about genus, and the leaf surface provides enough reference anyway; if i had to choose out of the two spp. recorded in AK, i would lean towards A. sericea (Mnnh.)
the group is quite orphaned, but please try to find & photograph more of them --shouldn't be a problem: these guys usually run all over the foliage of woodland shrubs, &c.
once we've got sharp pix, i'll show them around
… v belov, 2 August, 2011 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

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