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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 insularis
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Unknown Carrion Beetle - Lobiopa insularis
Copyright © 2006 Scott Nelson

Unknown Carrion Beetle - Lobiopa insularis
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
July 11, 2006
Size: 6 mm
Was underneath some rotting fruit outside.
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 15 July, 2006 - 9:38pm
Last updated 3 February, 2011 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Bark-gnawing Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 16 August, 2006 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

Andrew Cline says this is Lobiopa insularis, a nitidulid,
which is said to be the most frequently observed sap beetle in Florida strawberries (Price 2004)
… Jim McClarin, 16 August, 2006 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Wow, I am sure appreciative of you and Mr. Cline working on this group of insects to put names to them. Great addition to this site.
… Scott Nelson, 17 August, 2006 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Not Carrion Beetle:-)
This is either in the Ostomatidae (pretty sure) or Nitidulidae. I guess Ostomatidae is now in the Trogossitidae, in our guide at least.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 July, 2006 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

There are a bunch of them --
nitidulids that have a squiggle of light markings right there. I'm moving yours to join them. Andrew Cline must be doing fieldwork. When he gets back, we'll have a mess of nits for him to look at.
… Jim McClarin, 16 July, 2006 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

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