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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Glipostenoda ambusta
Copyright © 2014 Gary Griswold

Tumbling Flower Beetle - Glipostenoda ambusta
March, Dallas County, Missouri, USA
July 13, 2013
Size: ~ 5 mm
Extracted from a Lindgren funnel trap by Jerry Wilson. Confirmation/correction, further placement would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 14 February, 2014 - 5:16pm
Last updated 14 February, 2014 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Glipostenoda.
… Tim Moyer, 14 February, 2014 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Mordellistenini.
… Tim Moyer, 14 February, 2014 - 8:28pm

Glipostenoda ambusta?
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 14 February, 2014 - 5:56pm

 
agree
ridges 3+rudiment,3,2, more oblique than most make G. ambusta seem probable. Darker coloration means this is probably a female.
… Tim Moyer, 14 February, 2014 - 8:27pm

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