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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Asidini » Philolithus » subgenus Glyptasida (Philolithus subgenus Glyptasida) » Philolithus sordidus
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Tenebrionid beetle? - Philolithus sordidus
Copyright © 2014 Peter Hargis

Tenebrionid beetle? - Philolithus sordidus
near Animas, New Mexico, USA
September 8, 2014
Size: approx. 1.25 inches
Saw this near the Mexican border last week - wondering if it's a type of Tenebrionid beetle? But which type? I appreciate the help!
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Contributed by Peter Hargis on 13 September, 2014 - 8:14am
Last updated 25 November, 2014 - 7:23pm

Moved tentatively; hope experts agree
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… v belov, 25 November, 2014 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention and cropped
[please do the latter yourself next time]
thinking, Asidini --but the looks can be deceiving in this family

Moved from ID Request.

also please note that state abbreviations do not belong in the location fields [deleted here], and that size data only help if measured in mm, otherwise the field is better left blank (estimates are useless for beetle identification purposes, and more often mislead than help)
… v belov, 23 September, 2014 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

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