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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Asidini » Philolithus » subgenus Philolithus (Philolithus subgenus Philolithus) » Philolithus actuosus
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Unusual Eleodes sp. - Philolithus actuosus
Copyright © 2012 James Bailey

Unusual Eleodes sp. - Philolithus actuosus
Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, California, USA
October 13, 2012
Tell me if you need any more photos. This darkling was quite unusual in the elytra ridges.

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Contributed by James Bailey on 15 October, 2012 - 11:31pm
Last updated 16 October, 2012 - 6:18pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 16 October, 2012 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

not Eleodes; must be an asidine, rather... Philolithus?
need a plain dorsal, of course: critical for beetle identification in the vast majority of cases; oblique angles like this one often help but are of very limited use if posted alone
… v belov, 15 October, 2012 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Hah, no wonder it seemed unusual
I am not familiar with this genus before today. I will upload some more pictures that should help.

It doesn't seem that I have a perfect dorsal view, but the next 2 images should help.
… James Bailey, 16 October, 2012 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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