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Darkling beetle

Family Tenebrionidae

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Darkling beetle

Tenebrionidae

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stho002
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Comments (8)
Sergio Monteiro
Oops! I forgot to update its ID. Thanks for reminding me, Lauren.
LaurenZarate
OK stho002. Do you think this is might be a Teneb also?http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/58416018/fullscreen
stho002
No way is it a rhip.! Tenebs are extremely diverse in morphology and habits
LaurenZarate
Could this be a Rhipiphorid beetle? It is exactly like the one in the link given by stho002, but that one might be incorrectly identified. It doesn't really look or act like a Teneb.
Sergio Monteiro
I uploaded two more photos of this beetle, the only ones that I took from a different angle, I hope it can help, stho002.
stho002
I need a better angle photo, but Tenebrionidae would be a better guess...
Sergio Monteiro
stho002, I spotted this species before, and there was some discussion about its ID. I don't know much about them, can you suggest an ID?
stho002
Doesn't look like a buprestid to me...

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