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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Helopini
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Darkling Beetle
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Darkling Beetle
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
June 2, 2007
Size: approx 10mm
I found this Cara*bid-resembling beetle walking up a branch of Himalayan Blackberry, Rubus armeniacum. The following picture, though blurry, shows the purplish/bronzy iridescence.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 2 June, 2007 - 6:09pm
Last updated 30 October, 2012 - 2:25pm

Moved
Moved from Tenebrioninae.
… v belov, 13 December, 2010 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Kojun Kanda, 25 September, 2007 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

Helopini
This is definitely a Helopini, either Tarpela or Helops. There are many Helops up there where you are, and also a Tarpela (which I haven't seen so I don't know if this is one or not) The only difference between the two seems to be that Tarpela can fly and Helops cannot.
… Kojun Kanda, 27 August, 2007 - 1:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 3 June, 2007 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

confirmed!
last segment of maxillary palpi transverse triangular also indicates Teneb. Tarpela sp??
… Boris Büche, 3 June, 2007 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

 
Helops?
The genus Helops is common in the Pacific Northwest, so I would start there (family Tenebrionidae).
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 June, 2007 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

No tarsal pads
tells me it's no lea*f beetle. My guess is Tenebrion*idae despite those carab*id-looking antennae.
… Jim McClarin, 2 June, 2007 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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