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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Nitidulinae » Nitidulini » Soronia complex » Lobiopa » Lobiopa undulata
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colorful nit - Lobiopa undulata
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

colorful nit - Lobiopa undulata
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 2, 2006
Two came to UV lights.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 July, 2006 - 8:25pm
Last updated 8 April, 2012 - 1:23pm

I can see no more than 7 rows of setae, hence moved to undulata.
Moved from Lobiopa setosa.
… Jim McClarin, 14 September, 2008 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sap-feeding Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 11 June, 2008 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Lobiopa setosa
Lobiopa setosa
… v belov, 11 June, 2008 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
I see no difference
between this beetle and Lobiapa undulata and I have a PhD candidate who specializes in Nitidulidae who says it is undulata. Why do you think this id setosa?
… Jim McClarin, 7 July, 2008 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

 
setae rows
from the ever-fallible D&A, the Lobiapa key states L. setosa has "9 distinct rows of setae", while L. undulata has "6-7 rows of distinct setae". L. setosa also appears to be a little bigger - listed at 5.0-6.5mm vice 3.6-5.3mm for L. undulata.

To me, both yours and the one L. undulata currently in BugGuide from Nicholus both look to have more than 7 rows of setae. So there's probably something I'm missing here.
… Tim Moyer, 4 August, 2008 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Andrew Cline,
in personal communication of July 21, 2008, also says this one is L. undulata. I reckon we need to round up an image that these experts all agree is L. setosa so we can study the differences ourselves. The name rather suggests a six-legged hairball but I guess the difference will be nothing so dramatic.
… Jim McClarin, 4 August, 2008 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

 
agree,
MCZ's got L. setosa, but the elytra look like an iced cake, making counting rows of setae a lost cause.
… Tim Moyer, 4 August, 2008 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
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… Tim Moyer, 4 August, 2008 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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