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Darkling Beetle - Cryptoglossa muricata

Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 16, 2019

Contributed by RCoch3394 on 7 May, 2019 - 10:56am
Last updated 2 January, 2020 - 8:34am

Moved

Moved from Death-feigning Beetles.

… Tyler Hedlund, 2 January, 2020 - 8:34am

Looks like

Cryptoglossa muricata

… I Fox, 1 January, 2020 - 1:49pm

Moved

Moved from Darkling Beetles.

… Hisserdude, 1 June, 2019 - 8:22pm

Moved

Moved from Beetles.

… Tyler Hedlund, 18 May, 2019 - 8:14am

Perhaps Cryptoglossa?

.

… Tyler Hedlund, 9 May, 2019 - 11:35am

Microschotia?

Hi,
My best guess for a genus on this one is Microschotia, since the abdomen is bumpy but the thorax is smooth (from what I can tell in the photo). I cannot bring it down to species, unfortunately.

… Andrew Caudillo, 7 May, 2019 - 11:34am

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