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Ophryastes desertus
Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Super family: Tenebrionoidea Family: Tenebrionidae Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Chihuahuan desert, at Cuatro Ciénegas Basin. This site has calcareuos soil (Calcium carbonate and sulphate).
Lives in calcareous soil, which is white, so, its color fits perfectly!
Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Sep 21, 2012
3 Comments
It looks like there are mites on the one antenna in the first photo, and a small one on its side above the first leg in the second photo.
Hi Aaron! thanks, I'll look for it on the web. Greetings!
Hi there. This looks like one of the flightless weevils, possibly in the genus Ophryastes.