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Disonycha tenuicornis
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Copyright © 2013
Graham Montgomery
Chrysomelid -
Disonycha tenuicornis
Near Rustler Park, Chiricahuas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 10, 2013
~2500 m
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Contributed by
Graham Montgomery
on 25 October, 2013 - 5:52pm
Last updated 14 August, 2022 - 8:17am
Disonycha tenuicornis
Disonycha tenuicornis
Det. E. G. Riley, 2022
Note: that when alive,
tenuicornis
is yellowish, not the blood reddish color of some other vittate
Disonycha
.
All the current
Bugguide images of
D. tenuicornis are not tenuicornis
. I am not entirely sure what they are, but they could be dark forms of
figurata
or possibly something else (to my knowledge, I have not seen
figurata
alive).
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Mike Quinn
, 14 August, 2022 - 8:17am
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Shawn Clark
pointed that out to me, too. He made a suggestion what the others would be - I'll check and add that to our bugguide ids
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margarethe brummermann
, 14 August, 2022 - 9:18am
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Moved
Moved from
Disonycha
.
Have keyed it, and first came out with
D. tenuicornis
- in which the antennae are longer than in most, but shorter than in this
Disonycha
.
Mystery solved in text of Smith (1934) revision - this is the dark-vittae variety.
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Boris Büche
, 6 April, 2017 - 5:02am
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A new species for the guide.
Thanks Boris!
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Graham Montgomery
, 6 April, 2017 - 4:34pm
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Moved
Moved from
Flea Beetles
.
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v belov
, 17 April, 2014 - 7:42am
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Moved
Moved from
Leaf Beetles
.
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v belov
, 25 October, 2013 - 6:00pm
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