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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Desert Stink Beetles (Eleodes) » subgenus Discogenia (Eleodes subgenus Discogenia) » Eleodes scabricula
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Which Darkling Beetle? - Eleodes scabricula
Copyright © 2011 Gloria

Which Darkling Beetle? - Eleodes scabricula
Portola, Plumas County, California, USA
July 7, 2011
Size: 2 cm x 2.5 cm
Any idea about which Darkling beetle this is? More pronounced thorax than others we have found. Found under rock under Yellow Pine.

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Which Darkling Beetle? - Eleodes scabricula Which Darkling Beetle? - Eleodes scabricula
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Contributed by Gloria on 8 July, 2011 - 12:36am
Last updated 25 November, 2012 - 4:28pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… v belov, 25 November, 2012 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Eleodes scabriculus would be
Eleodes scabriculus would be my best guess given the size, locality, and rugose elytra/wide pronotum
… Kojun Kanda, 25 November, 2012 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Kojun
… v belov, 25 November, 2012 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… v belov, 14 December, 2011 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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… Corey Husic, 19 July, 2011 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert
so I may be way off, but just browsing the guide on first glance it looks like the tribe Amphidorini might be a good place to start.

something a bit like this maybe?

… K. Hattam, 12 July, 2011 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

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