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Small Tenebrionid? - Gondwanocrypticus platensis
Copyright © 2014 Gary Griswold

Small Tenebrionid? - Gondwanocrypticus platensis
4 miles West of Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, USA
July 2, 2014
Size: ~ 4.6 mm
Unlike the last one I thought might be a tenebrionid, this one I'm a little more sure of? Confirmation/correction, and further placement would be appreciated.

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Small Tenebrionid? - Gondwanocrypticus platensis Small Tenebrionid? - Gondwanocrypticus platensis
Contributed by Gary Griswold on 9 October, 2014 - 4:36pm
Last updated 19 January, 2022 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Gondwanocrypticus obsoletus.
… Mike Quinn, 19 January, 2022 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 October, 2014 - 6:36pm

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