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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Antlike Flower Beetles (Anthicidae) » Anthicinae » Vacusus » Vacusus confinis
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Small saline shore beetles - Vacusus confinis
Copyright © 2017 James Bailey

Small saline shore beetles - Vacusus confinis
southeastern Salton Sea, W of Calipatria, Imperial County, California, USA
August 6, 2017
Common along muddy shores of saline pools, not far from the Salton Sea.
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Contributed by James Bailey on 7 August, 2017 - 12:43pm
Last updated 12 August, 2017 - 12:17pm

thanks, Don
Moved from Anthicinae.
… v belov, 12 August, 2017 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Vacusus confinis
it is
… Donald S. Chandler, 12 August, 2017 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

saline environments have a rather rich anthicid fauna...
...at least in the Old World

most every full-winged anthicid species comes to lights, in my experience

Moved from Antlike Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 11 August, 2017 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… James Bailey, 9 August, 2017 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

Anthicidae
.
… tenebboy, 9 August, 2017 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
looking at this again ...
Not one of the genera typically associated with saline environments. My guess is Vacusus, which does occur in the desert and will come to blacklight.
… tenebboy, 10 August, 2017 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the help!
Looks right to me.
… James Bailey, 12 August, 2017 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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