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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Desert Stink Beetles (Eleodes) » subgenus Discogenia (Eleodes subgenus Discogenia) » Eleodes marginata
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Beetle - Eleodes marginata
Copyright © 2019 Dorothy E. Pugh

Beetle - Eleodes marginata
Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California, USA
May 31, 2019
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 2 June, 2019 - 9:58am
Last updated 13 June, 2019 - 1:02am

Moved tentatively...
After seeing the full size image, I'm pretty sure there's a distinct lack of yellow setae under the front tibiae...

Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Hisserdude, 13 June, 2019 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

Do you have another photo or the specimen
to verify the presence or absence of golden setae on the underside of the tibiae?
This individual strongly resembles Eleodes (Discogenia) marginata, however there is a mimicry complex with Coelocnemis californica and they can appear quite similar. Coelocnemis possess those golden setae, Eleodes does not.
… tenebboy, 11 June, 2019 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Tyler Hedlund, 2 June, 2019 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

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