Vaquita del desierto

Description:

Pertenece a la familia de los Tenebrionidae. Belongs to the Tenebrionidae family. http://www.entomologia.cl/coleoptera/Cal...

Habitat:

Junto al humedal de "la Parva", en la Cordillera de los Andes. Next to a wetland, in "la Parva", in Los Andes, near Santiago.

Notes:

Los encontramos conviviendo con unos sapitos Rhinella rubropunctata http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/853... Nos llamó la atención lo similar del tamaño y el patrón de colores, (negros con patas naranjas) We found them sharing the area with little red-spoted toads (Rhinella rubropunctata) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/853... It came to our attention the similar size and colour pattern they shared, black body, orange legs. Originally identified as an Callyntra unicosta (might be a synonym) http://www.insectos.cl/gallery/displayim...