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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae) » Mordellistenini » Mordellistena » Mordellistena bicinctella
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Mordellistena bicinctella LeConte - Mordellistena bicinctella
Copyright © 2012 Mike Quinn

Mordellistena bicinctella LeConte - Mordellistena bicinctella
Zimlich Zone, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 29, 2012
Det. Boris Büche, 2022

coll’ed sweeping during BG Gathering_2012

spmn in the TAMUIC
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 August, 2012 - 11:13pm
Last updated 23 June, 2022 - 1:30pm

Moved
Moved from Mordellistena trifasciata.

1st dark band on elytra not tricuspidate,
but with rather straight posteriour edge.
… Boris Büche, 23 June, 2022 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

tibia ridge
Mike, could you please describe the ridge(s) on the tibia of this one? From the image, it looks like it might have only one, very long ridge extending all the way across the face. This would be a bit unusual for M. trifasciata. The elytra markings about the base also appear a bit atypical. Not saying it's not M. trifasciata. Just curious.
… Tim R. Moyer, 4 September, 2012 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
Mordellistena bicinctella?
Pattern looks like BOLD images here
… Steve Nanz, 7 July, 2013 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
vote 'no'
I vote 'no', based on the pronotal darkening toward the apical margin, characteristic of trifasciata, vs. bicinctella's basal darkening.
… Tim R. Moyer, 11 July, 2013 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
only got one pic of this one
It may have jumped/flown, so it may not have made it to A&M...
… Mike Quinn, 4 September, 2012 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

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