Species Eucanthus subtropicus

Classification · Identification

Unknown Scarab/Dung Beetle - Eucanthus subtropicus

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 Eucanthus

Species subtropicus (Eucanthus subtropicus)

Identification

lateral edge of canthus protruding

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 25 December, 2007 - 2:06pm
Last updated 26 December, 2007 - 1:22pm

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