Kwik-Key to Common Families of Coleoptera

Select "A" or "B" for your specimen:

A. The head and elytra are both wider than the pronotum (giving the impression of a “neck”).

A: Family Meloidae

B. The thorax and the abdomen are both distinctly wider than the head (there is no “neck”).

B: Family Tenebrionidae

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