Lobiopa oblonga
Parsons, 1938
Lobiopa oblonga is a of sap beetle in the Nitidulidae, described by Parsons in 1938. The Lobiopa was reviewed in a 2012 publication in The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, which included the description of a new congeneric species from Baja California Sur, Mexico. As a member of Nitidulidae, it likely shares the family's general association with fermenting or decaying plant matter, though species-specific remains poorly documented.
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Distribution
North America
Similar Taxa
- Lobiopa insularisCongeneric in the same , distinguished by geographic distribution and subtle morphological differences in elytral punctuation and body proportions
- Other Nitidulidae genera (e.g., Carpophilus, Glischrochilus)Similar small, oval body form and clubbed ; distinguished by -specific characters of the mouthparts, antennae, and genitalia