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patent-leather beetle

Odontotaenius disjunctus

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12.0315, -86.309

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CarlosGTrujilloS
I am not an expert, but it looks the same for me, thank you for the link
bayucca
Patent-leather Beetle, Passalidae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontotaenius_disjunctus This one is quite common, but I am sceptic about yours really being Odontotaenius disjunctus, there are many other species/genus around.
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PublishedApril 22, 2013

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