Species Bolbocerosoma confusum

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bolbocerosoma confusum Brown - Bolbocerosoma confusum

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 Bolbocerosoma

Species confusum (Bolbocerosoma confusum)

Numbers

12 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

Bolbocerosoma confusum Brown

Det. E. G. Riley 2009

(Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Bolboceratini)

Range

South-central U.S.

Print References

Crocker, R.L., H.L. Cromroy, W.T. Nailon, Jr., R.E. Woodruff, and M.T. Longnecker. 1992. Incidence of Caloglyphus phyllophagianus (Acari: Acaridae) on adult Phyllophaga spp. and other Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in north central Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85(4): 462-468. [Abstract]

Howden, H.F. 1955. Biology and taxonomy of North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae with revisions of the genera Bolbocerosoma, Eucanthus, Geotrupes and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 151-319.

Internet References

Range - GBIF

Works Cited

1.	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 Mike Quinn on 28 April, 2009 - 4:21pm
Last updated 6 October, 2009 - 4:52pm

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