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Pelecyphorus regularis
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Copyright © 2013
A. Hendrickson
Beetle ID Request -
Pelecyphorus regularis
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
September 3, 2013
Could this be a Horned Powderpost, possibly Endecatominae?
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Contributed by
A. Hendrickson
on 7 September, 2013 - 10:41am
Last updated 27 October, 2023 - 9:00am
Aaron Smith says, Pelecyphorus (Astrotus) regularis (Horn)
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new one for us -- thanks a ton, Ann!!
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v belov
, 10 September, 2013 - 7:49am
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sweet... Asidini? must hear from the experts
hopefully, new to BG; nice find anyway, Ann.
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Endecatominae [no italics for suprageneric taxa, i.e. anything above genus] contain a single genus worldwide and are rather small cylindrical beetles that live in fungi and look very different:
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, 7 September, 2013 - 10:55am
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Goodness me! You never know unless you post! If I see another one I will catch it and try to get better pictures and accurate size.
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A. Hendrickson
, 10 September, 2013 - 8:30am
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"You never know unless you post"
you couldn't put it better
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v belov
, 10 September, 2013 - 8:33am
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This one was not small. At first I thought it was another Hide Beetle. It was about the same size if that helps any.
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A. Hendrickson
, 7 September, 2013 - 11:46am
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