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red head/pronotum Attalus - Attalus

red head/pronotum Attalus - Attalus
Organ Mountains foothills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 6, 2006
Size: about 3.2 mm extended
Came to UV lights on greasewood/mesquite/cactus incline below jagged spires of the Organ Mountains. I collected several of this species but never got to photograph one alive. When dead, they turned their heads down in a position unsuitable for getting good habitus views. In fact, the first one I viewed through my camera lens was so contorted I had no idea what it was.

I remain woefully ignorant of beetle anatomy, so when I note that this species has a distinctive white clypus, in case I am wrong about what the clypus is, what I actually mean is the part that would correspond to the upper lip. You'll see it in both adjoining photos.

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