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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) » Clytrini » Megalostomina » Megalostomis » Megalostomis pyropyga
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Leaf Beetle - Megalostomis pyropyga
Copyright © 2006 Johnida Dockens

Leaf Beetle - Megalostomis pyropyga
mouth of Madera Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 29, 2006
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Contributed by Johnida Dockens on 15 August, 2006 - 4:42pm
Last updated 13 September, 2012 - 11:35am

Exact same location
where I found mine two years ago
… margarethe brummermann, 22 May, 2009 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Babia quadriguttata.
… Johnida Dockens, 5 September, 2008 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

This is Megalostomis pyropyga
This is Megalostomis pyropyga pyropyga. Note the metallic purple, green and blue reflexions on pronotum and elytra. This is the only NA clytrine with this character.
… John Randall Watts, 5 September, 2008 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I've moved this image to the appropriate page.
… Johnida Dockens, 5 September, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clytrini.
… Johnida Dockens, 2 January, 2007 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Babia quadriguttata
It is Babia quadriguttata
Saxinis is similar in colouration but more punctate, while this one is more shiny as well
… Rob Westerduijn, 30 December, 2006 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Clytrini
This is a leafbeetle in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae; tribe Clytrini
… Rob Westerduijn, 15 August, 2006 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

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