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Dromochorus belfragei
Copyright © 2019 metrioptera

Dromochorus belfragei
Southeast Metro Park, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 29, 2019
Found walking across trail.

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Dromochorus belfragei Dromochorus belfragei
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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 July, 2019 - 9:24pm
Last updated 8 June, 2020 - 8:47am

Moved
With the mostly yellow black tipped palps and pitted elytra (pits with very little color in them) this keys to D. belfragei. Range fits perfectly as well. Paper here.

Moved from Dromo Tiger Beetles.
… Steven Wang, 8 June, 2020 - 3:48am login or register to post comments

 
looks like all of the iNat po
looks like all of the iNat posts of Dromochorus from SE metro are of this species too
… metrioptera, 8 June, 2020 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 8 July, 2019 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

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