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Darkling beetle - Eleodes acuticauda

Johnson's Pasture, Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
December 12, 2016

Crossing Johnson's Pasture Road in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. I had assumed this is a ground beetle, but I was wrong – see comment below.

Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 29 December, 2016 - 5:53pm
Last updated 3 May, 2017 - 9:47pm

Moved

Moved from Coelocnemis based on comments below. Sorry this isn't a clearer photo – it was taken with my phone.

… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 3 May, 2017 - 9:47pm

Moved, Coelocnemis sp.

family Tenebrionidae, actually

Moved from Beetles.

… Blaine Mathison, 29 December, 2016 - 7:25pm

Thanks!

Thanks for the ID and the correction! No wonder I couldn't figure out which ground beetle.

… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 29 December, 2016 - 8:10pm

well...it was a beetle on the ground...

so you were not entirely wrong ;-)

… Blaine Mathison, 29 December, 2016 - 10:28pm

Sure it's Coelocnemis?

I see no golden hairs on the tibia, and this realy looks like Eleodes to me, particularly E.acuticaudus. Plus this individual seems to have a spine on it's front right leg, which I'm pretty sure is a feature Coelocnemis lacks.

… Hisserdude, 4 January, 2017 - 10:24pm

Agree this is Eleodes

Bent hind femora another clue. Can't see the denticles on the pronotum, but I also agree with the E.acuticaudus determination.

… tenebboy, 3 May, 2017 - 9:41pm

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