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Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Blapstinus metallicus

Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Blapstinus metallicus
Prairie Haven, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, USA
June 20, 2011
Size: 5+ mm
a sandy remnant hill prairie
Deposited in the Wisconsin Insect Research Collection (WIRC)

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Tenebrionidae, dorsal - Blapstinus metallicus Tenebrionidae, lateral - Blapstinus metallicus Tenebrionidae, head & prontoum - Blapstinus metallicus Tenebrionidae, head, ventral - Blapstinus metallicus

Moved
Moved from Blapstinus.

Blapstinus metallicus (Fabricius)
Blapstinus is a go, and the species looks to be B. metallicus (Fabricius) according to Warren Steiner (Smithsonian).

hmm... doesn't match either of the 2 spp recorded in WI
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Moved from Darkling Beetles.

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