Edrotes ventricosus

Edrotes ventricosus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae

Edrotes ventricosus, the hairy robot beetle or desert hairy robot beetle, is a species of darkling beetle within the family Tenebrionidae. This species is found in the southwestern region of North America, inhabiting desert environments in the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona) and northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora). Individuals are round in shape and grow to sizes of 6.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 275Mexico · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionEdrotes ventricosus, Wikipedia contributors

Edrotes ventricosus

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