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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Carpophilinae » Nitops » subgenus Urocarpolus (Nitops subgenus Urocarpolus) » Nitops pallipennis
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Brown beetle on Prickly-Pear - Nitops pallipennis
Copyright © 2014 nvhamlett@gmail.com

Brown beetle on Prickly-Pear - Nitops pallipennis
Bernard Field Station, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 28, 2014
Quite a few of these small brown beetles were on Prickly Pear (Opuntia littoralis) in an area of coastal sage scrub at the Claremont Colleges' Bernard Field Station. I suspect they are Carpophilus pallipennis. Confirmation or correction will be greatly appreciated!
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 28 May, 2014 - 7:45pm
Last updated 28 November, 2014 - 10:22pm

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… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 30 May, 2014 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Yeah, good call
for beetle/bug identification purposes, it is advisable to post the all-important dorsal view first; oblique angles like here are of little, if any, diagnostic value, and, generally speaking, are to be avoided [or added to the dorsal]
also, there's no need to tell that the remarks are at the first image of the series, it's implied
… v belov, 28 May, 2014 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID confirmation and the posting tips. I had posted the oblique image first because it was better focused, but I've replaced it on this page with the dorsal view and frassed the oblique view. In the future, I will be sure to post the dorsal view first for any beetles and bugs.

I am never sure which views will be useful, so I probably post more than are needed. Please feel free to frass any that aren't helpful! A lateral view did turn out to be important for identifying the first bug I ever posted.

Although seasoned BugGuide users know to look under the first image for Remarks, I like the keep the pointer in for people who stumble on the image from a Google image search or in BugGuide itself. When I was new to BugGuide, it took me a while to figure out that there might be interesting and helpful remarks under another photo.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 30 May, 2014 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

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