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Priobium sp.? - Macrelmis texana

Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
September 27, 2020

Actually, I have no idea where this belongs. To my eye it could be Bostrichidae or Carabidae. The Fieldguide app suggests Priobium, which the guide here shows no entries for in Texas.

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Priobium sp.? - Macrelmis texana

Priobium sp.? - Macrelmis texana

Contributed by Victor Engel on 28 September, 2020 - 12:26pm
Last updated 28 September, 2021 - 1:38pm

Moved

Moved from Macrelmis.

… Mike Quinn, 28 September, 2021 - 1:38pm

Moved

Moved from Hexacylloepus ferrugineus.

… Mike Quinn, 28 September, 2021 - 12:40pm

Moved, here we go! nice one!

Moved from Beetles.

… Blaine Mathison, 28 September, 2020 - 3:54pm

Thanks. I know nothing about

Thanks. I know nothing about riffle beetles. :) Time to learn.

… Victor Engel, 28 September, 2020 - 4:15pm

It doesn't grab me off-hand, but start in Tenebrionidae

… Blaine Mathison, 28 September, 2020 - 3:52pm

nope...

tarsal configuration not right

… Blaine Mathison, 28 September, 2020 - 3:55pm

I added a second image mainly

I added a second image mainly because it shows detail of the tibiae better.

… Victor Engel, 28 September, 2020 - 12:28pm

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