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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Eumolpinae » Eumolpini » Section Iphimeites » Colaspis » brunnea species group (Colaspis brunnea species group) » Colaspis hesperia
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Colaspis in Alfalfa - Colaspis hesperia
Copyright © 2011 margarethe brummermann

Colaspis in Alfalfa - Colaspis hesperia
Marana, Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 8, 2011
Size: 6 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 12 August, 2011 - 9:14pm
Last updated 17 May, 2012 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from Colaspis.
… margarethe brummermann, 17 May, 2012 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Colaspis hesperia
Seems to key out in Blake (1974) as C. hesperia.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 May, 2012 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
id confirmed by E.G. Riley
… v belov, 3 March, 2024 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 4 September, 2011 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2011 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

I think this genus needs more
I think this genus needs more work. Meanwhile, read the discussion attached to my entry from a couple months ago. There is a link to a PDF key that will possibly resolve yours for you.



Edit: After a cursory look through the key, I'd say it's brunnea or something that's not on bugguide yet (please use your own judgment, though, since I am far from an expert). Seems like brunnea is being used as a placeholder. That's probably OK since all these similar species used to all be considered brunnea anyway. Hopefully there is an expert somewhere who can sort all this out.
… Victor Engel, 12 August, 2011 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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