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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Tachyporini » Coproporus
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small beetle found under cow dung - Coproporus
Copyright © 2009 malcolmm9789

small beetle found under cow dung - Coproporus
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Ward County, Texas, USA
December 26, 2009
Size: roughly 1/8 inch
Found this small beetle under some bull rush and cow dung at a seep on 12/26/2009, figure it was roughly 1/8th of an inch long.
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Contributed by malcolmm9789 on 10 February, 2010 - 7:13am
Last updated 7 July, 2010 - 12:03pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 10 February, 2010 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

aptly named Coproporus
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… v belov, 10 February, 2010 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

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