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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) » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Glipostenoda » Glipostenoda ambusta
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Mordellistena? - Glipostenoda ambusta
Copyright © 2011 Maritima

Mordellistena? - Glipostenoda ambusta
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
July 20, 2011
Size: 3-4 mm
Very small, on Clethra alnifolia flowers

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Contributed by Maritima on 3 August, 2011 - 4:46pm
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 12:10pm

Moved
After comparing with the ambusta already in the Guide, I think we can safely move these here.

Moved from Mordellistenini.
… Tim R. Moyer, 4 November, 2011 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

M. ambusta?
Mordellistena ambusta LeConte (now located under Glipostenoda (type here) appears to be a good fit for this one. Ridges should be 3,3,2. And the type appears to show dark coloration on the palpi, something seemingly visible here too. Still, the apparent very robust anal style is troubling, enough to make me at least wonder about some of the few genera that have that characteristic combined with the nearly filiform antenna seen here. Conalia helva would be a possibility, or Glipodes sericans if the size were fully double that stated.

As usual, a decent lateral of the hind leg would do wonders here. Otherwise, I'm of little use.
… Tim R. Moyer, 31 October, 2011 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… Maritima, 24 September, 2011 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

quite likely; something in that tribe anyway
… v belov, 3 August, 2011 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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