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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Hide Beetles (Trogidae) » Hide Beetles (Trox) » Trox gemmulatus
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Ironclad Beetle, Phloeodes ? - Trox gemmulatus
Copyright © 2007 Brighid Gale

Ironclad Beetle, Phloeodes ? - Trox gemmulatus
Mission Trails Park, San Diego County, California, USA
December 16, 2007
Size: approx 20mm

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Contributed by Brighid Gale on 22 December, 2007 - 1:51pm
Last updated 11 March, 2013 - 6:35pm

Moved
Moved from Hide Beetles.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 December, 2010 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Trox or....
No, this is actually a "hide beetle" in the genus Trox or Omorgus. Can't tell which from these images, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 December, 2007 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Omorgus probably
I think any Trogid that size is out of the size range for Trox
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 December, 2007 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
No expert, but Omorgus looks good
Here's one from the next county:
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/coleopt/Omorgus.htm
… Ron Hemberger, 22 December, 2007 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

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