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Cucochodaeus sparsus
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Mike Quinn
Cucochodaeus sparsus (LeConte) -
Cucochodaeus sparsus
Monahans State Park, Ward County, Texas, USA
August 18, 1990
Det. MJ Paulsen, 2010
spmn in the UTIC, Austin, TX
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Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 3 December, 2009 - 12:21pm
Last updated 4 April, 2017 - 2:10pm
Moved
Moved from
Sand-loving Scarab Beetles
.
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MJ Paulsen
, 17 February, 2010 - 9:02pm
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Moved
Moved from
Ochodaeus
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Blaine Mathison
, 3 December, 2009 - 1:26pm
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Ochodaeidae...
After a recent (2007?) revision by M. J. Paulsen, there are no longer true Ochodaeus in North America. Would need shots of pygidium and other diagnostic features (which I cannot think of at the top of my head :) for a genus-level ID.
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Blaine Mathison
, 3 December, 2009 - 1:25pm
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Very true!
But in this case the pronotum is modified behind the eyes, mandibles are externally angulate, hindlegs aren't expanded, and there's a horn =
Cucochodaeus sparsus
. Unfortunately as you've noted, most species aren't this easy to ID with photographs.
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MJ Paulsen
, 17 February, 2010 - 9:05pm
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