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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Embaphion » Embaphion contusum
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Embaphion contusum - male
Copyright © 2007 Kojun Kanda

Embaphion contusum - Male
Almagordo, Nr. White Sands, along rt 70, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
August 8, 2006
Size: 2.2cm
Embaphion is a very distinct species. Most have this super convex pronotum. Also the pseudoepipleura ridge is present, giving the elytra a convex look. The humeral angle of the elytra is visible outside the overlapping posterior pronotal extensions and the male has a distinc cauda (the tip of the elytra that looks like it would protect the protruded genitalia) making this Embaphion contusum

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Contributed by Kojun Kanda on 17 May, 2007 - 6:35pm
Last updated 15 April, 2016 - 9:16am

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