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Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus

Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus
CA-247 16 miles S of Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, USA
June 20, 2019
Size: ca 2-3 mm
Beat from isolated acacia tree in creosote bush habitat. Hoping this is the right family, a dasytine?

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Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus Melyrid (?) with orange markings on posterior elytra - Trichochrous umbratus

Moved
Moved from Trichochrous.

T. umbratus
This is Trichochrous umbratus (LeConte), soon to be part of a new genus.

Moved

Collected -
can add specimen pics later.

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