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Cassidinae - Strongylocassis atripes
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Cassidinae - Strongylocassis atripes
Kellerton (Pyland), Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
July 8, 2007
Size: 6 mm
Sweep net of pasture/grassland for the ISU/Iowa DNR Patch, Burn, Graze project.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 11 December, 2011 - 9:20pm
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 3:37pm

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles.
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Strongylocassis atripes?
cool bug
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by E.G.Riley: Strongylocassis atripes (J.L.LeConte)
his comment: "wide, shelf-like extension of the explanate elytral margin at the suture; not present in Charidotella."
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
That was
one of my guesses but I don't like to guess.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 December, 2011 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

 
don't worry, i'll ask the gurus
btw, a ventral might help a lot
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

 
Except
I no longer have access to the specimen. It's from a 4 year project at Iowa State: http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/research/patchburn/
… MJ Hatfield, 12 December, 2011 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

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