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Metopoloba pruinosa
Photo#77980
Copyright © 2006
Jim McClarin
flower visiting darkling beetle -
Metopoloba pruinosa
base of Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 11, 2006
Size: about 10 mm
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 18 September, 2006 - 6:06pm
Last updated 25 September, 2007 - 5:45pm
Moved
Moved from
Bothrotes
.
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Kojun Kanda
, 25 September, 2007 - 5:45pm
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Thanks for moving these for me, Kojun.
I let this one slip through my fingers :-)
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Jim McClarin
, 25 September, 2007 - 5:59pm
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not Bothrotes
This looks like a Metopoloba pruinosa. It does not have pronotal carina so may be mistaken as a female Bothrotes. Both have a characteristic carina over each eye, which is sorta visible in this photo. The specific characters for the genera elude me now, but the brown coloration matches all the specimens I have seen. The Bothrotes species fromt he American SW do not have this coloration.
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kanchan
, 1 February, 2007 - 8:25pm
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