Species Mycotrupes retusus - Sandhills Earth Boring Scarab Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References

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 Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Dung Beetles)

Subfamily Geotrupinae

Genus Mycotrupes

Species retusus (Sandhills Earth Boring Scarab Beetle)

Explanation of Names

from retundo, retusus means dull.

Range

South Carolina endemic

Habitat

Sandhills

Season

Fall-Spring

Food

Detritus, Leaves

Life Cycle

Print References

See Genus page

Internet References

Sandhills Earth Boring Scarab Beetle

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 13 October, 2007 - 6:49pm
Last updated 30 October, 2007 - 1:26pm

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