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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Osmodermini » Osmoderma » Osmoderma scabra

Species Osmoderma scabra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)
Tribe Osmodermini
Genus Osmoderma
Species scabra (Osmoderma scabra)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Osmoderma scabra (Beauvois)
Explanation of Names
The Latin word scabra means "rough."
Numbers
One of three North American species.
Size
18-25 mm. (1)
Identification
May have a purple or bronzy sheen. Pronotum deeply punctate; elytra wrinkled with irregular punctation. The head is excavated deeply between the eyes.
Range
Eastern U.S.
Print References
Arnett, Downie, and Jacques, page 182.(2)
Dillon and Dillon, volume II, page 554.(3)
Harpootlian, page 121.(4)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
By Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett
2.How to Know the Beetles
By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques
3.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
4.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 30 April, 2005 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Stephen Cresswell, Brad Barnd
Last updated 7 December, 2007 - 6:23pm

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