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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Asidini » Microschatia » Microschatia inaequalis
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Beetle (resembles Ironclad beetle but looks a little different) - Microschatia inaequalis
Copyright © 2019 ziphius

Beetle (resembles Ironclad beetle but looks a little different) - Microschatia inaequalis
Lower Otay Lake, San Diego County, California, USA
March 24, 2019

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Beetle (resembles Ironclad beetle but looks a little different) - Microschatia inaequalis Beetle (resembles Ironclad beetle but looks a little different) - Microschatia inaequalis Beetle (resembles Ironclad beetle but looks a little different) - Microschatia inaequalis Beetle - Microschatia inaequalis perhaps - Microschatia inaequalis
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Contributed by ziphius on 25 March, 2019 - 9:49am
Last updated 29 March, 2019 - 1:58am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Hisserdude, 29 March, 2019 - 1:58am login or register to post comments

 
are you sure?
there are a bunch of unidentified Microschatia in the genus folder that look exactly like inaequalis
… C, 29 March, 2019 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for bringing it to my attention...
Most of those seem to be this species as well!
… Hisserdude, 29 March, 2019 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
you are welcome,
but are you positively sure? Kojun seemed to be one of the highest ranking Guide teneb specialists until he went dormant
… C, 29 March, 2019 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
Considering the morphological features and localities, they should be Microschatia inaequalis...
… Hisserdude, 29 March, 2019 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Tenebrionidae: Asidini
I strongly suspect
… C, 25 March, 2019 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Might have found the culprit - appreciate the help
Microschatia inaequalis

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20984885
… ziphius, 25 March, 2019 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
you are welcome
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… C, 25 March, 2019 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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