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Capraita obsidiana
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Copyright © 2013
S Moorman
Flea Beetle -
Capraita obsidiana
Gray Court, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
October 16, 2013
Size: 4.5mm
First South Carolina record for BG
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Contributed by
S Moorman
on 21 October, 2013 - 7:21am
Last updated 6 April, 2015 - 9:17pm
J.C. Ciegler says, "I'd call it Capraita obsidiana (Fab.).
"It's not exactly typical, but that name fits it best."
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v belov
, 21 October, 2013 - 7:55am
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Subspecies?
So, it is probably one of the subspecies of obisidiana?
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S Moorman
, 21 October, 2013 - 9:09am
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do they have subspecies?
would be a surprise, frankly; i wouldn't expect a winged alticine to have subspecies... could you refer me to any sources?
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v belov
, 21 October, 2013 - 10:16am
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Okay
My mistake. On the species info page it says that there are 16 species n. of Mexico so I thought that was referring to subspecies of this species. Thanks for all your help!
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S Moorman
, 21 October, 2013 - 11:36am
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yeah that was indeed confusing --deleted
sometimes these stats end up on wrong pages
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v belov
, 21 October, 2013 - 11:43am
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Thanks
:)
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S Moorman
, 21 October, 2013 - 11:53am
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