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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Crypticini » Gondwanocrypticus » Gondwanocrypticus platensis
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Tai Chi Beetle - Gondwanocrypticus platensis
Copyright © 2013 Ron Hemberger

Tai Chi Beetle - Gondwanocrypticus platensis
University Community Park, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
May 18, 2013
Newest member of my exercise group, on its asphalt host turf.
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 18 May, 2013 - 11:17pm
Last updated 19 May, 2013 - 10:23am

"Tai Chi Beetle"
what is the origin of this common name?
… James Bailey, 8 August, 2016 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
Just an attempt at humor since...
...it showed up at my weekly tai chi (supreme ultimate, translated) practice. I also had a qigong (breath masterly) spider.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 August, 2016 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

 
It's not a bad name
I just saw it on http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/coleopt/Gondwanocrypticus%20platensis/index.htm and figured it was an actual defined common name for the species!
… James Bailey, 8 August, 2016 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 May, 2013 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Gondwanocrypticus platensis
… v belov, 19 May, 2013 - 3:45am login or register to post comments

 
Name
Please provide a translation of that name!
… Peter Bryant, 19 May, 2013 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, =v=
A handsome little guy
… Ron Hemberger, 19 May, 2013 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

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