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Darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - Microschatia inaequalis
Copyright © 2005 Lynn Monroe

Darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - Microschatia inaequalis
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Montezuma Vista Point, San Diego County, California, USA
March 8, 2005
Size: about 17.5 mm

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Darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - Microschatia inaequalis Darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - Microschatia inaequalis
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 14 October, 2005 - 10:31am
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 3:51pm

Moved
Moved from Asidini.
… Jim McClarin, 5 September, 2008 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

Tenebrionid 34550 & 34551
A tenebrionid specialist identified this darkling beetle for me as Microschatia inaequalis of the Anza-Borrego "puncticollis" populations. It is endemic to Southern California/ Northern Baja California.
… Lynn Monroe, 5 September, 2008 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll move it for you
but could you let us know who the specialist is?
… Jim McClarin, 5 September, 2008 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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