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Beetle

Description:

Brown beetle about 22 mm. On my chicken floor.

Habitat:

Semitropical Pacific coast

1 Species ID Suggestions

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago
Handsome fungus beetle
Aphorista sp. Brown Aphorista sp.? - Aphorista morosa - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

It may not be he species morosa (reference with my ID), which is brown only when immature.
In yours, I miss the impressions on mid-side of pronotum, seen here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/346889/bgi...
though there are two small dark spots in just the right position, this may be only obscured by light, or angle.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 6, 2012
Submitted on Sep 22, 2012

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