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Common Name:
Shining Flower Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Phalacridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Olibrus

Hodges No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA

Date: 8/25/04

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: Flower is and aster.

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/43542

Olibrus Phalacridae
Shining Flower Beetle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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