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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Osphya
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Possible Osphya - Osphya
Copyright © 2016 Jay Keller

Possible Osphya - Osphya
Laguna Mountains north of town of Mount Laguna, San Diego County, California, USA
June 18, 2016
Came to black light

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Contributed by Jay Keller on 31 December, 2016 - 7:05pm
Last updated 18 January, 2017 - 2:04pm

form Darren Pollock:
"I don't have anything resembling the mystery Osphya in my collection (but, I don't have many specimens for the entire genus....). It doesn't match the description of O. essigi Van Dyke, and doesn't match O. lutea either. My best guess is that it might be a Mexican species -- Champion described one or two in the Biologia I think... or maybe something entirely new! Cool critter in any case...."
… v belov, 8 January, 2019 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

good call
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 18 January, 2017 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Wish I could take credit for the ID...
...but it was made by the very knowledgeable Boris Büche elsewhere. He mentioned maybe essigi or a dark-winged lutea if that exists? Would be very good to confirm either way for BG.
… Jay Keller, 18 January, 2017 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Aaron Hunt, 14 January, 2017 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

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