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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Calidus group (Cryptocephalus Calidus group) » Cryptocephalus calidus
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unknown Cryptocephalus sp. - Cryptocephalus calidus
Copyright © 2012 Guy A. Hanley

unknown Cryptocephalus sp. - Cryptocephalus calidus
Surrey, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
June 15, 2003
Size: 4.4 mm
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Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 18 January, 2012 - 4:02pm
Last updated 29 January, 2012 - 3:35pm

Moved tentatively, pending expert input
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 January, 2012 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

I would say
Cryptocephalus bispinus... (1) page 46
… James E. Garrison, 19 January, 2012 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

I'm NOT an expert
But my guess is Cryptocephalus calidus.



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… Dan Leeder, 19 January, 2012 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to both
Based on the ranges of both species mentioned, I was leaning towards C. calidus before I posted.....
… Guy A. Hanley, 20 January, 2012 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
Ed Riley says: "need to see prosternum of males, ...
"...calidus could be correct and probably is."
… v belov, 30 January, 2012 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

..
Wow, that's a great-looking image!
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 19 January, 2012 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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