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Flat Darkling Beetle

Cossyphus (Acontodactylus) limbatus

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Field Notes

Description:

7 mm

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

Thank you LaurenZarate for help with the I.D.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (12)
LaurenZarate
I sure would love to find one of these! I guess we don't have these in the Americas. The ones in Australia are rounder and this one is more elongate and looks more like some kind of Lampyrid. Very neat.
LennyWorthington
This was down to you Lauren.There are many wonderful beasts here in Thailand.I must post more stuff I can't I.D.
LaurenZarate
So glad you found the exact species! Good work!
LennyWorthington
Lauren.You did it for me. I found this excellent paper. List of specimens of the tribe Cossyphini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) kept in the National Museum, Praha. And narrowed it down to. 1. Cossyphus (Acontodactylus) limbatus Pascoe, 1887 Cossyphus (Acontodactylus) limbatus Pascoe, 1887: SCUPOLA (2000): 207. Material examined. CAMBODIA: ‘Cambodia mer., Takeo, 5.v.[19]84, Frühbauer lgt.’, 2 spec. (1 NMPC, 1 JHAC); ‘Cambodia centr., Phnom Penh, 20.12.[19]84, Frühbauer lgt.’, 1 spec. (NMPC). Distribution. Species known from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and probably also from the Philippines (SCUPOLA 2000). Thank you so much.
LaurenZarate
Might be this one: Cossyphus sp. (Fam. Tenebrionidae), Myanmar http://www.pbase.com/rovebeetle/mostly_beetles.
LennyWorthington
Thank you Lauren Looks good. I'll do more research. Better pics are not easy they are so small and fast
LaurenZarate
Could this be a flat Darkling Beetle Tribe Heleini of the Tenebrionidae?
bayucca
Looks for me like a Lampyridae, Firefly??

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PublishedApril 23, 2014

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