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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Cryptoglossini » Death-feigning Beetles (Cryptoglossa) » Cryptoglossa infausta
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Cryptoglossa infausta
Copyright © 2007 Kojun Kanda

Cryptoglossa infausta
Palo Duro Canyon SP, Randall County, Texas, USA
August 5, 2006
Size: 1.5cm
Found on ground at night. Cryptoglossini is characterized by having all abdominal segments fused ventrally and having the labrum covered by the clypeus. Cryptoglossa has the antennae oval and not flattened in cross section. This species is the only one that occurs in this area of Texas

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Contributed by Kojun Kanda on 17 May, 2007 - 4:22pm
Last updated 22 May, 2019 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Death-feigning Beetles.

I trust your IDs, and will create new pages for Tenebs you posted, insofar necessary. Maybe you can check the Tenebrionidae pages one day for possibilities of closer ID - and for errors?
… Boris Büche, 18 May, 2007 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

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