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This is probably a male of Monophylla californica - Monophylla californica
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

This is probably a male of Monophylla californica - Monophylla californica
Tucson Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona, USA
March 31, 2009
Size: 5 mm
I've found those broken-off antenna - tried to restore the strange beetle. I'm only posting this because we didn't have a data point for AZ yet.
I think the genus is save. Any idea about the species? It looks like the M. californica images

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This is probably a male of Monophylla californica - Monophylla californica This is probably a male of Monophylla californica - Monophylla californica
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 2 April, 2009 - 1:23pm
Last updated 16 January, 2018 - 10:47am

Wow! Strange antenna!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 2 April, 2009 - 3:07pm

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