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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Hide Beetles (Trogidae) » Hide Beetles (Trox)
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Hide Beetle ID Request - Trox
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

Hide Beetle ID Request - Trox
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
November 30, 2013
Size: photo on 1/4" graph paper
I was surprised to have 3 of these at my black light sheet last night. To me it looks more like Trox variolatus than any of the Trox species that have been identified in Texas. See second specimen at .

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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 1 December, 2013 - 2:24pm

hope Bill Warner sees it and narrows down
trogids are all too often impossible to ID to species w/o examining genitalia

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