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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Gnathidiini » Tyrtaeus » Tyrtaeus dobsoni
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Beetle - Tyrtaeus dobsoni
Copyright © 2011 Brad Barnd

Beetle - Tyrtaeus dobsoni
Rotonda West, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
June 11, 2011
Size: 2 mm
Collected between 5.VI.2011 and 16.VI.2011; skimmed from swimming pool.

Tiny thing with single-segmented club.
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 December, 2011 - 10:13pm
Last updated 22 December, 2011 - 5:16pm

Moved
Moved from Tyrtaeus rufus.
… Brad Barnd, 6 December, 2011 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

pool skimming
Who'da thought so many interesting beetles from pool skimming. Maybe I need to re-evaluate my career and be a pool boy! haha
… Blaine Mathison, 6 December, 2011 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
I once stayed
at an eco-lodge in Bolivia that had a swimming pool. We'd get up at the crack of dawn to beat the pool cleaner to it. Some of the best beetles on the trip came from that pool.
… Michael C. Thomas, 6 December, 2011 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Despite the fact that the pool at our rental was enclosed by a screened-in lanai, I found many interesting insects floating in it, many of which I didn't collect otherwise.
… Brad Barnd, 6 December, 2011 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 6 December, 2011 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

man...
if my rule of thumb that whatever stumbles you @ family level has a 95% or higher probability of being a teneb is true, then should be something along these lines:
… v belov, 5 December, 2011 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
lol yeah
I was looking at that same one earlier; antennae seemed different though
… Brad Barnd, 5 December, 2011 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Tyrtaeus rufus
has been recorded from Florida based on a single collection. It is distinguished from T. dobsoni by the antennal club being composed of 3 fused segments (T. dobsoni has a club of 4 fused segments).
… Michael C. Thomas, 6 December, 2011 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
cool...
so, chances are?
… v belov, 6 December, 2011 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

 
thanks Guys
Mike sent me a copy of Hopp and Ivie's paper, and this turns out to be T. dobsoni.
… Brad Barnd, 6 December, 2011 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Darn!
.
… Michael C. Thomas, 6 December, 2011 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

 
okay then...
next time use a pool with a larger catch area, and fetch us the rufus :]
… v belov, 6 December, 2011 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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