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Lobopoda punctulata
Photo#20422
Copyright © 2005
Charles Schurch Lewallen
black beetle -
Lobopoda punctulata
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 14, 2005
Size: aprox.20mm
Contributed by
Charles Schurch Lewallen
on 15 June, 2005 - 5:29pm
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 12:19am
Lobopoda punctulata (Melsheimer)
Moved from
Lobopoda
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v belov
, 5 June, 2009 - 12:19am
Moved
Moved from
Comb-clawed Beetles
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Jeff Hollenbeck
, 25 February, 2007 - 11:24am
Not Tarpela
Tarpela is a Tenebrioninae. This is indeed an Alleculinae and is in the genus Lobopoda. The very large eyes and the body form give it away.
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kanchan
, 29 November, 2006 - 12:46am
Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae: Tarpela sp.
It looks to be a Tarpela sp. of some sort.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 13 February, 2006 - 6:30pm
Alleculinae.
Very nice image of a pretty specimen of the family Tenebrionidae, subfamily Alleculinae (if my memory is not failing me). We have images of similar critters here at Bugguide.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 15 June, 2005 - 7:01pm
comb-clawed beetle
Thanks Eric.
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Charles Schurch Lewallen
, 15 June, 2005 - 8:05pm
