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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Asidini » Pelecyphorus » subgenus Plesiasida (Pelecyphorus subgenus Plesiasida) » Pelecyphorus liratus
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Pelecyphorus? - Pelecyphorus liratus - male
Copyright © 2016 Gary Griswold

Pelecyphorus? - Pelecyphorus liratus - Male
Madera Canyon - Whitehouse picnic area, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 14, 2016
Size: ~ 11.5 mm
Came to U/V lights, crawling up from parking lot. Believe this a male Tenebrionid in the genus Pelecyphorus, looks like P. liratus? Confirmation/correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 23 October, 2016 - 3:34pm
Last updated 23 March, 2017 - 9:42am

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… margarethe brummermann, 23 March, 2017 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Certainly looks a double for
margarethe brummermann's Pelecyphorus liratus at:

… Gary Griswold, 23 March, 2017 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

 
It does
and Aaron identified this mine, so I think it's safe to move yours. Nice!
… margarethe brummermann, 23 March, 2017 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

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