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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 liebecki

Species Odonteus liebecki

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Earth-boring Dung Beetle - Odonteus liebecki - male Earth-boring Dung Beetle - Odonteus liebecki - 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 liebecki (Odonteus liebecki)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Odontaeus liebecki
Bolboceras liebecki
Size
6-10 mm
Identification
See Harpootlian. (1)
Range
Nova Scotia to South Carolina, west to Wisconsin and Ontario.
Season
May and July-October (South Carolina). One reference (2) lists in June from North Carolina.
Print References
Harpootlian, p. 54, figs. 69, 70 (1)
Brimley, p. 201 (2)
Sikes, p. 120, lists from Rhode Island. (3)
Internet References
Insects of Quebec--photo of specimen plus date, location, comments in French
distribution in Canada; PDF doc list of provinces (J. McNamara, Scarabaeidae, in Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska)
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
3.The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island, an Annotated Checklist
By Derek Sikes
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 6 June, 2005 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod
Last updated 20 February, 2007 - 2:29pm

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