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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Coelostomatini » Dactylosternum
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Black Beetle - Dactylosternum
Copyright © 2012 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Black Beetle - Dactylosternum
San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
May 7, 2012
Found in the truck of a "leaking" Saguaro Cactus, with nearby Longhorn Cactus Fly (Odontoloxozus longicornis); at first it looked like a Clown Beetle to me, but the elytra are completely different. Sorry about the poor quality photos, expect to Frass afterwards.

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 9 May, 2012 - 2:29pm
Last updated 10 November, 2012 - 1:18pm

Moved
Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 10 November, 2012 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 9 May, 2012 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks for your help. I'm totally surprised - I wasn't expecting Water Scavenger Beetles in the middle of the desert, but it seems to fit well. Thanks again.
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 9 May, 2012 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
you're most welcome
Sphaeridiinae, a large part of this family, are entirely terrestrial; wait for more input on this one from others, but also keep an eye out and try to get sharper pics of it --the ones here could be indeed inadequate
also, take a look at Dactylosternum --seems to be the most likely candidate
… v belov, 9 May, 2012 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Dactylosternum cacti
… Blaine Mathison, 9 May, 2012 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

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