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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Omophroninae » Omophronini » Round Sand Beetles (Omophron) » Toothed Round Sand Beetle (Omophron dentatum)
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Omophron dentatum
Copyright © 2007 Wendy 10

Omophron dentatum
Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California, USA
May 26, 2007
Size: size of a ladybug
Found in sand on a beach near brackish water. Plants in area including Cakile, Hydrocotyle, Juncus, beach evening primrose. Not seen feeding on anything.
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Contributed by Wendy 10 on 27 May, 2007 - 11:04pm
Last updated 12 December, 2008 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Round Sand Beetles.
… William Ericson, 12 December, 2008 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

What part of Point Reyes? I h
What part of Point Reyes? I have been there many times and have not seen one.
… William Ericson, 6 October, 2008 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Omophron
Omophron
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 27 May, 2007 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Omophron
Thanks! Is it possible to get these down to species?
… Wendy 10, 28 May, 2007 - 12:11am login or register to post comments

 
Omophron dentatum
Omophron dentatum
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2008 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Does this help?
… Jim McClarin, 28 May, 2007 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

 
Omophron
Yes, thanks so much! I feel like elves are working while I sleep and I check the computer for the "presents" of information in the morning! Can you tell me what book that chart came from if it was from a book?
… Wendy 10, 28 May, 2007 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
According to Chris Wirth who posted it,
Image after a figure in:

BESCHOTER, C. A. and COOK, E. F. 1956 A revision of the genus Omophron (Coleoptera:Carabidae) of North America north of Mexico. Annuls of the Entomological Society of America, 49(5): 411-429
… Jim McClarin, 29 May, 2007 - 4:49am login or register to post comments

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