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Darkling Beetle? - Phloeodes diabolicus
Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Darkling Beetle? - Phloeodes diabolicus
William R. Mason Regional Park, Orange County, California, USA
June 16, 2008
Size: ~1.5cm
I think the tarsal formula is 5-5-4 but my best shots don't clearly show that. It could be 5-5-5. I count 10 segments to the antennae, but I could be missing one near the head.

Found this one about an hour or so before sunset crossing the sidewalk in chaparral.
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 16 June, 2008 - 9:09pm
Last updated 25 August, 2008 - 6:00pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 August, 2008 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Looks to me like Phloeodes
Looks to me like Phloeodes diabolicum.
… Jebus31, 16 June, 2008 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

 
You are correct on the ID, bu
You are correct on the ID, but apparently the taxonomy has changed. Phloeodes is now Nosoderma.
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 25 August, 2008 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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