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Beetle - Tolidomordella discoidea
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Beetle - Tolidomordella discoidea
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 31, 2008
Size: 3mm (1/8")
Reminds me of an Armadillo.
Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 1 June, 2008 - 7:54am
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 2:20pm

Moved
Moved from Tumbling Flower Beetles.
… Sam Houston, 11 June, 2008 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Tolidomordella discoidea
Using Liljeblad's ref.(1), this appears to be Tolidomordella discoidea (Melsheimer, 1845). It's listed under the genus Tomoxia in that reference, but according to the ITIS site has been transfered (verified by Dr. Jackman, author of famiily in Am. Beetles). See single web image from a thesis project here (yours is much better!).

nice "Armadillo", and another new species for BugGuide :)

guide page created - just move.
… Tim R. Moyer, 11 June, 2008 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Family ID is safe!
:-)
… Boris Büche, 5 June, 2008 - 4:38am login or register to post comments

We would say Mordellidae
but we didn't see any ID'd specimens that look just like yours. In the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 1 June, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

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