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California Coastal Dune Beetle - Hypocaccus
Copyright © 2010 John Doudna

California Coastal Dune Beetle - Hypocaccus
Oceano Dunes State Vehicle Recreation Area, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
July 1, 2004
Size: 4mm
Found only a few of these during sampling on coastal dunes. This one was collected by sifting sand. I don't think I ever caught one in a pitfall trap.

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Contributed by John Doudna on 19 April, 2010 - 1:02pm
Last updated 19 April, 2010 - 8:39pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 19 April, 2010 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Hypocaccus ?lucidulus
Have looked a bit more. There's some doubt: protibia look a bit narrower, their teeth a bet too long and narrow as it's supposed to be in H. lucidulus. May be something else, but hard to tell with those images. If epeipleura are setose, it's not lucidulus
… atishe8, 19 April, 2010 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

California Coastal Dune Beetle
Given the locality, habitat and what's seen on the images, it's most probably Hypocaccus lucidulus
… atishe8, 19 April, 2010 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

compare
… v belov, 19 April, 2010 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Saprininae; head & pronotum suggest Hypocaccus
but it's a very long shot; suggest sending to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History attn: Michael Caterino
… v belov, 19 April, 2010 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'll do that. Thanks for all the great feedback.
… John Doudna, 3 May, 2010 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
sand dunes...
Hypocaccus or Xeropsaprinus.
… Blaine Mathison, 19 April, 2010 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

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