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Trichochrous varius
Photo#599999
Copyright © 2011
Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara
Small Gray Beetle on Mesquite flowers -
Trichochrous varius
Zapata Wash, NE of Mammoth, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
May 21, 2011
Size: approx 2-3 mm
Large groups of these on velvet mesquite flowers, some appeared mostly gray without strips
Contributed by
Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara
on 8 December, 2011 - 11:42am
Last updated 22 April, 2017 - 1:32pm
Moved
Moved from
Trichochrous
.
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v belov
, 22 April, 2017 - 1:32pm
T. varius
Probably
Trichochrous varius
.
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Matthew L. Gimmel
, 22 April, 2017 - 12:07pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
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Blaine Mathison
, 9 December, 2011 - 1:24pm
Trichochrous, family Melyridae
Sorry, this is Trichochrous (not Listrus). The two genera were common on flowers in AZ (sometimes at the same time on the same flower). I had a momentary brain-fart and picked the wrong name :).
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Blaine Mathison
, 9 December, 2011 - 9:48am
No problem
It's great to get the ID, this genus has other photos very similar to this specimen. Thank you for all of your help - it really makes looking for insects and seeing and learning about their world - and ours - very exciting.
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Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara
, 9 December, 2011 - 10:11am
I enjoy your images
I am from AZ and they remind me of my collecting days back in that state.
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Blaine Mathison
, 9 December, 2011 - 1:23pm
Listrus sp.
family Melyridae
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Blaine Mathison
, 8 December, 2011 - 12:32pm
Thanks
thank you - I spent a long time looking through photos yesterday without ever getting close.
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Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara
, 8 December, 2011 - 12:43pm