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Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Aegithus melaspis

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Description:

Red elytra, red pronotum, red head, black scutellum.

Notes:

Sorry for the tilt on the pics, the upload automatically does that... :(

2 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Aegithus melaspis Fungus beetle (Aegithus aff melaspis, Erotylidae), BCI, Panama | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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thaptor
thaptor 6 years ago
Pleasing Fungus beetle
Aegithus cf. meridionalis


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3 Comments

thaptor
thaptor 6 years ago

A. melaspis is not as globose, and egg-shaped:
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/267333-A...

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Super Bayucca to the rescue! thanks!!

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Erotylidae, Aegithus melaspis.
http://bdi.conabio.gob.mx/fotoweb/Grid.f...

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Diaz José Miguel
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Diaz José Miguel

La Isabel, Provincia Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Nov 27, 2013
Submitted on Nov 27, 2013

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