Collops sublimbatus

Collops sublimbatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Melyridae
Subfamily:	Malachiinae
Tribe:	Malachiini
Genus:	Collops
Species:	C. sublimbatus
Binomial name
	Collops sublimbatus; (Schaeffer, 1912)

Last updated September 01, 2025

Collops sublimbatus, is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is found in North America and closely resembles the black melyrid beetle, Collops tricolor. The species was described by Schaeffer from specimens collected near the top of Black Rock Mountain in Rabun County, Georgia.^[1]

Description

Adults measure 3.5-4mm in length. Virtually the same as C. tricolor, except that the elytral margins and suture are rufous.^[2] Fall suggests that this species is a probable variety or color phase of C. tricolor.^[1] Unlike C. georgianus , the head and prothorax are shiny and hardly punctuate, and the head, legs, and undersides are black.^[3]

References

1 2 Miscellaneous Notes. (1916). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 24(2), 153–154. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25003710
↑ Fall, H. C. (1912). "A Review of the North American Species of Collops (Col.)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 20. Pasadena, CA: New York Entomological Society: 266 - 267 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ Schaeffer, Charles (June 1912). "New Species of the Coleopterous Genus Collops". The Canadian Entomologist. 44 (6): 187 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Miscellaneous Notes. (1916). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 24(2), 153–154. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25003710

[2] Fall, H. C. (1912). "A Review of the North American Species of Collops (Col.)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 20. Pasadena, CA: New York Entomological Society: 266 - 267 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] Schaeffer, Charles (June 1912). "New Species of the Coleopterous Genus Collops". The Canadian Entomologist. 44 (6): 187 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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