Subfamily Bolboceratinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

could it be? - Family Ochodaeidae - Sand-loving Scarab Beetles [30] - Odonteus - female

Unknown Dung Beetle - Odonteus obesus - male

Dead Brown Earth-boring Dung Beetle - Bolbocerastes

small, horned geotrupid - Odonteus - male - female

Boring dung beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum

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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Some sources designate as a separate family, Bolboceratidae.

Explanation of Names

From Bolboceras Kirby, 1819, which is now a junior synonym of Odonteus. Bolboceras is from Greek bolbo a bulb plus cera horn (1).

Numbers

Seven genera:

Odonteus (=Bolboceras in current North American literature, incl. American Beetles (2))

Bolbelasmus

Identification

Characteristics:

antennae with 11 segments, last 3 forming a club

eyes partially or completely divided by a canthus

Internet References

Borror, entries for bolbo, cera (1)

Browne, D. Jonathan and Scholtz, Clarke H. 1995. Bolboceratidae. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Bolboceratidae/9542/1995.01.01 (Bolboceratidae) in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles--Geotrupidae

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 June, 2005 - 4:35pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 21 November, 2009 - 2:46am

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