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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Hide Beetles (Trogidae) » Hide Beetles (Trox) » Trox hamatus
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Trogidae, dorsal - Trox hamatus - female
Copyright © 2010 MJ Hatfield

Trogidae, dorsal - Trox hamatus - Female
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 30, 2010
Size: 6- mm
black lighting
Yes, I tried to figure out what family this is and I failed.
Thanks.

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Trogidae, dorsal - Trox hamatus - female Trogidae, lateral - Trox hamatus - female Trogidae, ventral - Trox hamatus - female Trogidae, head, ventral - Trox hamatus - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 31 December, 2010 - 2:00pm
Last updated 6 May, 2014 - 6:04am

Trox hamatus Robinson, female
Moved from Hide Beetles. ID'd from specimen.

(MJ, your other Trox was T. unistriatus)
… Brad Barnd, 6 May, 2014 - 2:47am login or register to post comments

 
I know
what you've been doing. Thanks much.
I'll post the other one.
… MJ Hatfield, 6 May, 2014 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trox spinulosus. T. foveicollis and T. spinulosus are too similar to distinguish without examination of genitalia.
… Brad Barnd, 12 April, 2011 - 2:57am login or register to post comments

 
Determination
Should I sent it to you to determine? I'd be happy to.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 April, 2011 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

 
Sure
Drop me an email.
… Brad Barnd, 12 April, 2011 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hide Beetles.

Thanks, edited and follow-up images helpful! :)
… Blaine Mathison, 21 January, 2011 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Trox
Wondering what criteria you used to distinguish this from Trox foveicollis, an extremely similar species that can usually only be separated via examination of male genitalia.
… Brad Barnd, 21 January, 2011 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

Trox
this is either hamatus, foveicollis or spinulosus. I am leaning towards hamatus, but cannot confirm without seeing legs or having specimen in-hand.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 January, 2011 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
I goofed.
I inadvertantly replaced the original image. I was going to frass it, not replace it. I caught the beetle and now have closer photos than the ones at the black light.
… MJ Hatfield, 21 January, 2011 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… MJ Hatfield, 31 December, 2010 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
something in Trox.
… tom murray, 31 December, 2010 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
yet another family I'm unfamiliar with.
… MJ Hatfield, 31 December, 2010 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

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