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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Disonycha Genus Group » Disonycha » Disonycha pensylvanica
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Beetle differences - Disonycha pensylvanica
Copyright © 2006 bnuts40

Beetle differences - Disonycha pensylvanica
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Size: 6-7 mm
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Thanks for the input Chuck - well taken.

ID first please . . . Then . .
Why the difference in the thorax.
Male / Female or different species ?


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… Chuck Entz, 19 July, 2006 - 12:15am

Different species is my guess.

… Jim McClarin, 18 July, 2006 - 10:13pm

Definitely look like different species to us. Can you post the images separately so that when identified they can be moved to the correct locations in the guide. The top one {facing Left} looks like a flea beetle in the Genus Disonycha. Images can be found in the guide here. You may be in luck because Patrick was just studying these, so he may be able to give you an ID.

… john and jane balaban, 18 July, 2006 - 10:12pm
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Contributed by bnuts40 on 19 July, 2006 - 9:30pm
Last updated 31 January, 2019 - 7:08pm

On-line key
for Disonycha is here for Mississippi. (There is a print version as well--virtually identical to the on-line key.)

That's all I know--good luck!
… Cotinis, 20 July, 2006 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

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