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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Stenochiinae » Cnodalonini » Cibdelis
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tennebrionid - Cibdelis
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

tennebrionid - Cibdelis
Cool, El Dorado County, California, USA
March 6, 2005
Size: about 20 mm
I seem to recall finding this during daylight by turning over a board or log.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 November, 2005 - 7:46pm
Last updated 23 December, 2007 - 7:02pm

Moved
Moved from Cibdelis blaschkei.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 23 December, 2007 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cibdelis.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 December, 2007 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Cibdelis blaschkei
This is the only species in the area. The other species of Cibdelis is found only in Southern California (CA Beetle Project)
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 December, 2007 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Coelometopinae.
… Jim McClarin, 15 December, 2006 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cibdelis.
… Jim McClarin, 15 December, 2006 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Not a Tenbrioninae
Cibdelis is a Coelometopinae. While the characters that distinguish Tenebrioninae may be hard to see without a scope, such as presence of certain type of sensilla on apical anteomeres, for the most part the two subfamilies can be seperated by presence of tomentose golden setae on tarsei of Celometopinae.
… kanchan, 29 November, 2006 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Right again :-)
It will be fixed.
… Jim McClarin, 30 November, 2006 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

Cibdelis sp.
Just checked the collection, and the dense yellow setae on the tarsi (on a different picture of this specimen) easily separate Cibdelis from Eleodes. There is another picture of Cibdelis (dorsal views) on bugguide also.
… Donald S. Chandler, 21 March, 2006 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Don.
That's a good trait to watch for. I actually found two spp. with dense yellow tarsal setae on that trip to California, but the pix of the other were too poor to submit.
… Jim McClarin, 21 March, 2006 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Cibdelis sp.?
Looks like a Cibdelis to me. You find them associated with logs/under bark, while Eleodes would be rarely taken there (Coelocnemis and Iphthiminus would be found there also).
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 March, 2006 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Very well,
I've created a genus page for these. Your comment will serve as a question mark for anyone looking for a positive ID.
… Jim McClarin, 20 March, 2006 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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