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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Coniontini » Eusattus » Eusattus muricatus
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Teneb - Eusattus muricatus
Copyright © 2007 Joyce Gross

Teneb - Eusattus muricatus
Bosque del Apache, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
June 8, 2007
Size: approx. 10-14mm
This was walking on the sand in the evening. I first thought this was in some family I'd not seen before but it looks very similar to Jim's Eusattus from New Mexico, except the elytra have a different pattern.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 21 June, 2007 - 4:15am
Last updated 30 September, 2007 - 11:41pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.

Thanks Kojun -- it does look like the ones you posted.
… Joyce Gross, 10 August, 2007 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

muricatus
Probably muricatus. Can be numerous in sandy situations.
… Kojun Kanda, 7 August, 2007 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 12 July, 2007 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

If you kept it,
you should be able to hear occasional abdominal drumming if it is a member of that genus.
… Jim McClarin, 21 June, 2007 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
didn't keep it
I saw the discussion about the drumming on a page with one of your photos. I wish I had known about that when I photographed the beetle; I would have tried to see if it drummed. As it was, I hardly handled it except to turn it on its back for the ventral shot. It was a very docile beetle.
… Joyce Gross, 21 June, 2007 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

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