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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) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Strigoderma » Pygmy Chafer (Strigoderma pygmaea)
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Beetle - Strigoderma pygmaea
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Beetle - Strigoderma pygmaea
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: 5mm (3/16")
Fungus beetle ?
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 4 July, 2008 - 4:07pm
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 10:10am

Ruteline
I'd say Strigoderma pygmaea (Fabricius)
… Michael C. Thomas, 4 July, 2008 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Scarab.
The lamellate antennae exclude almost everything else. I believe this is in the Rutelinae subfamily of Scarabaeidae, but Phil Harpootlian could probably give you a genus straight away....or Mike Thomas for that matter:-) LOL! Attempting to save face.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 July, 2008 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

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