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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) » Earth-Boring Dung Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Odonteus » Odonteus obesus

Species Odonteus obesus

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Odonteus obesus - female Unknown Dung Beetle - Odonteus obesus - male Unknown Dung Beetle - Odonteus obesus - male Earth Boring Dung Beetle - Odonteus obesus Earth Boring Dung Beetle - Odonteus obesus Dung-Beetle ID? - Odonteus obesus Odonteus obesus - female Odonteus obesus - male
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 Bolboceratinae
Genus Odonteus
Species obesus (Odonteus obesus)
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 11 December, 2007 - 3:34pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian

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