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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Bolbocerosoma » Bolbocerosoma tumefactum
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Colorful Dung Beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum
Copyright © 2010 Scott Nelson

Colorful Dung Beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum
Balsam Lake, Nantahala National Forest, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
July 7, 2010
Size: 10 mm
Found crawling on a bare patch of soil near a stream midday.

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 19 July, 2010 - 11:24am
Last updated 19 July, 2010 - 12:31pm

Moved
Moved from Bolbocerosoma farctum.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 19 July, 2010 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

B. tumefactum
B. tumefactum usually has pronotal spot and the black lateral margins of elytra don't typically merge with sutural marking apically

Nice series

compare to
… Phillip Harpootlian, 19 July, 2010 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the correction
and the additional ID characteristics. I wondered if it was place correctly, but the tumefactum image alread on BG has the lateral black merging whereas this one is not.
… Scott Nelson, 19 July, 2010 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

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