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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Stenosini » Araeoschizus
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Araeoschizus sp. ? decipiens Horn - Araeoschizus
Copyright © 2011 Mike Quinn

Araeoschizus sp. ? decipiens Horn - Araeoschizus
Faben, 12 mi. NNE, El Paso County, Texas, USA
April 25, 1998
Araeoschizus sp. ? decipiens Horn
Det. E. G. Riley, 2011

ex. dung pit-fall trap on sand dunes: IV-23-26-1998

spmn in EGRC, College Station, TX
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 February, 2011 - 4:10pm
Last updated 28 January, 2020 - 11:26am

I agree this is Araeoschizus decipiens
based upon:
-Femora not toothed
-Prothorax without longitudinal groove
-Elytral interspaces with squamules
-Head longer than broad, broadly rounded posteriorly
-Length of posterior margin of prothorax less than half of the width of elytra at middle.
-Elytra not parallel sided, broader in posterior half.
-Squamules short, sharply pointed, decumbent.
… tenebboy, 11 February, 2024 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Handsome Beetle
Very cool design. I love beetles.
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