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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Triboliini » Flour Beetles (Tribolium) » subgenus Tribolium (Tribolium subgenus Tribolium) » Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
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Beetle ID 2 - Tribolium castaneum
Copyright © 2006 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Beetle ID 2 - Tribolium castaneum
San Ramon, California, USA
July 22, 2006
Size: 3mm
Very small beetle, the antennae look slightly clubbed so I don't think its a Carabid, but I don't know what it might be... Help me out O.o
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 22 July, 2006 - 11:54pm
Last updated 19 August, 2018 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Flour Beetles.
… v belov, 19 August, 2018 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 19 August, 2018 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles. Moving into Tribolium, but will not be offended if someone overrules my ID:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 December, 2006 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 14 September, 2006 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

Tribolium?
This is without a doubt in the family Tenebrionidae, and at only three millimeters fits with Tribolium, one of the "flour beetles." Tribolium are the beetle version of Drosophila pomace flies: They are very important research subjects in the field of genetics.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 July, 2006 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Where should I put this guy t
Where should I put this guy then, family level, or genus?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 July, 2006 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

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