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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Zonitis » Subgenus Neozonitis (Zonitis Subgenus Neozonitis) » Zonitis atripennis
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Zonitis atripennis
Copyright © 2013 Jonathan W. Quist

Zonitis atripennis
1.5 mi. e. Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
July 13, 2011
Size: 8.5 mm
det. B.Barnd
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Contributed by Jonathan W. Quist on 13 June, 2013 - 12:56pm
Last updated 27 September, 2015 - 11:41am

just a note
The specimen you had sent me has the tips of the elytra black, thus Z. atripennis terminalis; if this is the same species, it would be Z. atripennis flavida.
… Brad Barnd, 17 April, 2015 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Z. atripennis
My remaining three specimens have characters mentioned in the keys, and although difficult to see here; dark marking at or near tips.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 25 April, 2016 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting. It was a few yea
Interesting. It was a few years ago, but I think all the Zonitis I got on that trip were from only one or two bushes. I'm thinking species variation, but I'm not the one to say. It COULD be a different species so perhaps genus level will suit it better till I'm confident enough to correctly id it.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 17 April, 2015 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
check the key
If you get a chance, try the key in Enns 1956; I'd leave it here for now as it's more than likely the same thing
… Brad Barnd, 17 April, 2015 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
I will have to bring the little guy
with me the the Bean Museum on Monday. I've never attempted this key, but now sounds like a good time to try it.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 17 April, 2015 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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