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Probably Trox contractus or robinsoni - Trox

Probably Trox contractus or robinsoni - Trox
Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
September 30, 2009
Trox sp.
Det. W. B. Warner, 2010

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Probably Trox contractus or robinsoni
There are three look alikes in that area that are pretty much indistinguishable without the male genitalia: sonorae, contractus, and robinsoni. Trox sonorae usually has dark antennal clubs, but...
Trox tuberculatus is also a possibility, but that species generally has longer elytral setae and more elevated tubercles; the four setal tufts that are diagnostic for that species would be covered in dirt in the above specimen.

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