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tuberculatus group ‒ unidentified (Trox tuberculatus group ‒ unidentified)
Photo#341558
Copyright © 2009
Mike Quinn
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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Mike Quinn
on 8 October, 2009 - 11:42am
Last updated 9 December, 2023 - 10:04pm
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v belov
, 9 December, 2023 - 10:04pm
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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