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Rain Click Beetles (Scaptolenus)
Photo#418813
Copyright © 2010
Mike Quinn
Scaptolenus
Rest Stop, St Hwy 17 n. of Ft. Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, USA
June 26, 2010
Det. V. Belov, 2010
coll'ed beating/sweeping
spmn in the TAMUIC
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Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 29 June, 2010 - 6:40pm
Last updated 11 October, 2021 - 12:33pm
Sex question:
This is a male.
Females modified to digging life mode, and very dislike. And they are long known, only very rarely encountered.
See
paralectotype
of
S. vagans
Chevrolat, 1874 (antennae not broken off).
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Boris Büche
, 25 September, 2023 - 3:36pm
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Is this one truly a female?
That'd be pretty incredible if it was!
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Hisserdude
, 6 July, 2021 - 10:33pm
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possible S. socius
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Blaine Mathison
, 17 October, 2018 - 8:11pm
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Exciting gender find!
According to INFO the females of Scaptolenus are unknown. If this is (was) true, then this is indeed an exciting find! In INFO,it is further suggested that the female would not be capable of flight and would probably only appear above ground briefly for mating. I suggested that our specimen
here
might be a female based on apparent lack of odor, and genitalia that appeared more female than male, but this generated no BugGuide interest. Since our specimen was capable of flight this might count against the possibility of it being a female.
Gayle
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Gayle and Jeanell Strickland
, 29 June, 2010 - 9:54pm
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v belov
, 29 June, 2010 - 7:59pm
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