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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Hide Beetles (Trogidae) » Hide Beetles (Trox) » Trox sonorae
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Omorgus? - Trox sonorae
Copyright © 2013 Derek Uhey

Omorgus? - Trox sonorae
Big Gypsum Valley near Slickrock, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
April 14, 2013
Size: 9mm
Found in large numbers on mummified cow corpse in arid desert valley with gypsum hills

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 15 April, 2013 - 3:10am
Last updated 15 April, 2013 - 8:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 15 April, 2013 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

probably Trox sonorae
Low probability that it is T. robinsoni, but one would need to check male genital shape to be sure. If the hairs on the antennal scape (the larger basal segment of the antenna)are black rather than reddish brown, then there is a larger possibility of it being robinsoni.
… William B. Warner, 15 April, 2013 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
The hairs look black to me
thanks for the help!
… Derek Uhey, 16 April, 2013 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

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