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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Nemognatha » deemed unIDable beyond genus by Dr.Pinto (Nemognatha deemed unIDable beyond genus by Dr.Pinto)
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Nemognatha or that other genus - Nemognatha
Copyright © 2007 Kojun Kanda

Nemognatha or that other genus - Nemognatha
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Ward County, Texas, USA
July 6, 2007
Size: 1.0cm
The piercing mouth part is visible. I think Nemognatha and some other genus of Meloid have this character but I don't remember how to separate the two out.
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Contributed by Kojun Kanda on 9 July, 2007 - 4:31pm
Last updated 16 December, 2009 - 8:46pm

Moved
Moved from Nemognatha.
… v belov, 16 May, 2009 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… Kojun Kanda, 7 August, 2007 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

Nemognatha.
Your ID is correct. That long "tongue" is pretty disctintive.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 July, 2007 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
hmm
is it possible for me to move my own photos to different taxonomic levels or is that something only editors can do.
… Kojun Kanda, 11 July, 2007 - 3:03am login or register to post comments

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