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Unknown Beetle - Eleodes cordata
Copyright © 2010 Mark H Brown

Unknown Beetle - Eleodes cordata
Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA
June 23, 2006
Size: less than an inch long
A type of darkling beetle, perhaps?
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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 2 March, 2010 - 11:48pm
Last updated 19 November, 2010 - 9:14pm

chordata was an adorable non-freudian slip, Bill! thanks.
Moved from Eleodes scabrosa.
… v belov, 19 November, 2010 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

probably Eleodes chordata Eschscholtz
based on locality & pronotal shape (notice strong constriction in basal half), it (at least as of Blaisdell's revision) is probably that species, not scabrosa, which has the pronotal lateral margins more or less evenly arcuate. Both are known from the San Francisco area.
… William B. Warner, 31 October, 2010 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 March, 2010 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

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Looks like a match; thanks for quick replies!
… Mark H Brown, 3 March, 2010 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert opinion,
but it reminds me of Eleodes scabrosa
… Arlo Pelegrin, 3 March, 2010 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

 
agree
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… Blaine Mathison, 3 March, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

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