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Beetle - Gonocephalum sericeum
Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Beetle - Gonocephalum sericeum
Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
May 26, 2008
Size: ~0.5cm
Found three of these on the underside of a piece of dead bark on the path, along with an earwig and some smaller, faster beetles. These did not initially move when I picked up the bark, giving me ample time to photograph them.

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 26 May, 2008 - 9:14pm
Last updated 21 December, 2018 - 3:34pm

Moved
Moved from Gonocephalum.
… v belov, 21 December, 2018 - 3:34pm

Moved
Moved from Opatrini.
… v belov, 4 February, 2011 - 8:36pm

Moved
Moved from Opatrinae.
… v belov, 8 March, 2010 - 3:55pm

 
Gonocephalum sp.
This is a new US record for this old world genus. Last week I found 8 specimens at Newport Beach, CA that look the same, but all are females, making speciefic ID difficult (over 400 spp. in Gonocephalum). Interested if anyone has more CA specimens that could be examined.
… Warren E. Steiner, 20 December, 2010 - 3:08pm

 
thanks, Warren
i'll ask around
… v belov, 4 February, 2011 - 8:37pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Joyce Gross, 1 November, 2008 - 1:38pm

Opatrinae
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… v belov, 20 October, 2008 - 10:24am

moved to family page
will be overlooked in ID request now.
… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 4:15am

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