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Trilobite Beetle

Duliticola sp

Description:

Trilobite beetle arthropod found on leafy forest floor in Bukit Kiara, Malaysia. 3.5cm long. Six-legged. 3 rows of hard protective shield in the head and thorax region. Abdominal section has 9 rows of hard pedunculated spinous knobs. Colour: dark brown with bright yellow-brown highlights. Head and tiny antennae is retractable. Goes under the hard thoracic shieds when touched. Moves very slowly. body moves in waves as the legs walk. There is a white coloured suction cup at the rear end of the abdomen that pushes the organism along as it walks. also acts like a suction cup when it walks down steep terrain! Stays still and feigns death when disturbed. thanks JeffCrocombe for identifying the genus

Habitat:

leafy jungle floor

Notes:

video uploaded!

1 Species ID Suggestions

JeffCrocombe
JeffCrocombe 11 years ago
Trilobite Beetle
Dulticola sp. Duliticola


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5 Comments

Diaz José Miguel
Diaz José Miguel 9 years ago

Wow soooo awesome!!! I love it that the paper uses live specimen pictures, new times!

FakawiTribe
FakawiTribe 11 years ago

Video of the Trilobite beetle is up! Come check it out!

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/151...

FakawiTribe
FakawiTribe 11 years ago

Thank you so much for the ID Jeff!
the video will be up in a few minutes.. uploading now!

JeffCrocombe
JeffCrocombe 11 years ago

Trilobite beetle Duliticola sp.

FakawiTribe
Spotted by
FakawiTribe

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Oct 14, 2012

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