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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Nitidulid series » Sap-feeding Beetles (Nitidulidae) » Carpophilinae » Caplothorax » Dusky Sap Beetle (Caplothorax lugubris)
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Carpophilus lugubris? - Caplothorax lugubris
Copyright © 2016 Salvador Vitanza

Carpophilus lugubris? - Caplothorax lugubris
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
October 23, 2016
Size: 5 mm
Many of these beetles were feeding on cracked and rotting pomegranate fruits still attached to the plant at 11740 Tony Tejeda Drive, El Paso, TX 79936. Coordinates: 31.735457, -106.303684

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 24 October, 2016 - 9:36pm
Last updated 3 November, 2016 - 4:14pm

Moved
Moved from Carpophilinae.
… Salvador Vitanza, 3 November, 2016 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review (Gareth?)
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 25 October, 2016 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
C. lugubris
Urophorus can be ruled out because only 2 abdominal segments are clearly visible here (as opposed to 3 in U. humeralis)
… Gareth Powell, 3 November, 2016 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Perfect!
Thank you Gareth!
… Salvador Vitanza, 3 November, 2016 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

probably...
I sometimes have trouble (or don't remember key features) to rule-out Urophorus humeralis
… Blaine Mathison, 25 October, 2016 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
Thank you Blaine! I would like to post three more images of a similar beetle taken with a different camera.
… Salvador Vitanza, 25 October, 2016 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

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