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Glaresis ecostata
Photo#1349052
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margarethe brummermann
small scarab -
Glaresis ecostata
NE end of Algodones Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA
March 18, 2017
Size: 4.5 mm
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margarethe brummermann
on 22 March, 2017 - 12:44pm
Last updated 22 March, 2017 - 4:17pm
Bill Warner says:
That species has unusual metatibae, clypeus and trochanters. The trochanters are not clear enough in the photo, but the tibae in the original shot and smooth/straight clypeal apex in the new dorsal shot peg it. Note that nearly all other species would require specimens in hand for an accurate det--this one is a common, but unusual species.
In AZ it occurs in most deep sand situations in western deserts and along the Colorado & Virgin Rivers (e.g. Dateland, Mohawk &Yuma area dunes, dunes around Ehrenburg, Parker and Beaverdam).
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