Subspecies Phanaeus triangularis triangularis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

A horned Scarab beetle. Phanaeus? - Phanaeus triangularis - male

Phanaeus triangularis - female - Phanaeus triangularis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Genus Phanaeus (Rainbow Scarabs)

Species triangularis (Phanaeus triangularis)

Subspecies triangularis (Phanaeus triangularis triangularis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Copris triangularis Say 1823:206

Phanaeus triangularis (Say), LeConte 1847:85

Phanaeus torrens LeConte 1847:85

Phanaeus niger d’Olsoufieff 1924:95 (was treated as a subspecies of torrens by some authors)

Phanaeus goidanichi Balthasar 1939:243

Phanaeus triangularis triangularis (Say), Edmonds 1994:59

Size

12-21 mm

Identification

Dorsum moderately shiny black to dull coppery red. Pronotum with sides finely granulate. Elytra with striae fine, minutely punctate, deeply impressed basally; intervals convex, evenly shiny.

Range

Virginia, south to Georgia and Florida panhandle, west to Texas and Kansas.

Habitat

Generally flood plain forest.

Print References

Edmonds (1)

Harpootlian (2)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of Phanaeus MacLeay, A New World genus of scarabaeine dung beetles By Edmonds, W.D. 1994

2.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 16 February, 2005 - 11:27am
Last updated 26 December, 2006 - 7:01am

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