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Black beetle Strongylium tenuicolle? - Strongylium tenuicolle
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Black beetle Strongylium tenuicolle? - Strongylium tenuicolle
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
May 23, 2006

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Black beetle Strongylium tenuicolle? - Strongylium tenuicolle Black beetle - Strongylium tenuicolle
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 23 May, 2006 - 10:11pm
Last updated 6 December, 2006 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles. I think this is a pretty safe bet, so moving to species page. Feel free to correct me.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 December, 2006 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Melandryid?
I think I can just make out two linear depressions running forward from the base of the pronotum which are characteristic of many melandryids. If you have a view that better shows the topography of the pronotum, that might cinch it for me.
… Jim McClarin, 24 May, 2006 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

 
Tenebrionid, Strongylium?
I'm thinking this is Strongylium tenuicolle. They are not typical tenebs, being very active and strong fliers. I usually find them at lights at night.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 May, 2006 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Tenebrionidae
Thanks Eric. I moved it to the Tenebrionid section.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 25 May, 2006 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Melandryid
Here is a close up
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 24 May, 2006 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Charles.
No, that's not a melandryid pronotum. What would you estimate its length to be?
… Jim McClarin, 24 May, 2006 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
black beetle
Aprox. 20mm
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 24 May, 2006 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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