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Brassicogethes aeneus (Fabricius) - Brassicogethes aeneus
Copyright © 2013 Mike Quinn

Brassicogethes aeneus (Fabricius) - Brassicogethes aeneus
Montosa Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 26, 2013
Det. Boris Büche, 2018

coll'ed beating/sweeping, during BugGuide Gathering_2013

spmn in the TAMUIC
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 September, 2013 - 11:27am
Last updated 2 January, 2022 - 11:49pm

Moved
Moved from Black Pollen Beetle.

Note slight metallic sheen, and protibiae paler than others (and more slender than in nigrescens).
… Boris Büche, 22 August, 2018 - 5:38am

Moved
Moved from Brassicogethes.
… Mike Quinn, 20 September, 2013 - 1:42pm

Andy Cline: "Looks a bit more like Fabogethes nigrescens to me;
"could be Brassicogethes, it's just hard to tell."
… v belov, 20 September, 2013 - 1:20pm

Moved
Moved from Thalycra.
… v belov, 15 September, 2013 - 11:42am

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