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Comb-clawed Beetle - Capnochroa fuliginosa
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Comb-clawed Beetle - Capnochroa fuliginosa
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 2, 2005
Size: about 12mm
Is this in the Alleculinae genus?
Contributed by tom murray on 3 July, 2005 - 10:29pm
Last updated 13 February, 2006 - 8:25pm

Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae: Capnochroa fuliginosa
This is the other large Alleculine in our area, Capnochroa fuliginosa, based on the short (barely protruding) basal pronotal angles.
… Donald S. Chandler, 13 February, 2006 - 6:24pm

 
Thanks Donald
for all the Alleculinae identifications. It's great getting species names on them.
… tom murray, 13 February, 2006 - 8:25pm

Yes
That's what it looks like to me. I've reared quite a few of these from larvae.
… Jim McClarin, 4 July, 2005 - 4:56am

 
Thanks
for the confirmation. That's what I thought it was.
… tom murray, 4 July, 2005 - 5:22am

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