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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Edrotini » Metoponium
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6025178 - Metoponium
Copyright © 2008 Rob Curtis

6025178 - Metoponium
Tucson, Arizona, USA
May 30, 2007
Size: ~3/8"?

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6025178 - Metoponium 6025178 - Metoponium
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 29 June, 2008 - 10:56am
Last updated 28 August, 2013 - 3:48pm

Moved
Moved from Edrotini.
… v belov, 28 August, 2013 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Metoponium sp.
The head shot helps - the epistoma is a bit convex, but I don't see any angulate corners as in Telabis.
… Jason Botz, 23 August, 2013 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Metoponium or Telabis sp.
Can't tell beyond that without a clearer view of the head.
… Jason Botz, 20 August, 2013 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, best I can do with th
Thanks, best I can do with the one shot but 6025017 might be same species.
… Rob Curtis, 23 August, 2013 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, best I can do with th
Thanks, best I can do with the one shot but6025017 might be same species.
… Rob Curtis, 23 August, 2013 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 October, 2008 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Subfamily: Pimeliinae, Tribe:
Subfamily: Pimeliinae, Tribe: Eurymetopini
… Kojun Kanda, 30 June, 2008 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

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