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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Silinae » Tytthonyx » Tytthonyx (Thinalmus) bicolor (Tytthonyx bicolor)
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red and black beetle - Tytthonyx bicolor
Copyright © 2016 Sue Carnahan

red and black beetle - Tytthonyx bicolor
Salero Ranch, 4300 ft elev, 8 mi E of Tubac, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 12, 2016
Size: 8 mm body length

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red and black beetle - Tytthonyx bicolor red and black beetle - Tytthonyx bicolor
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Contributed by Sue Carnahan on 14 July, 2016 - 7:11pm
Last updated 15 July, 2016 - 7:48am

Body length updated
Length updated: closer to 8 mm long, based on a second individual (or same one?) seen 15 July 2016.
… Sue Carnahan, 15 July, 2016 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Moved, Tytthonyx bicolor looks great, Bob!
Nice one; I never saw this guy all my years collecting in AZ.

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 15 July, 2016 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

 
Tytthonyx
Cool - thanks!
… Sue Carnahan, 15 July, 2016 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

Soldier Beetle
I believe that this is Tytthonyx bicolor, but please wait for an expert. (south-western range)
… Bob Biagi, 14 July, 2016 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
a glowworm beetle, genus Phengodidae.

For something similar,see: http://bugguide.net/node/view/629228
… Bill Wilwers, 14 July, 2016 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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