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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Hide Beetles (Trogidae) » Hastate Hide Beetles (Omorgus) » Omorgus scutellaris

Species Omorgus scutellaris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Trogidae (Hide Beetles)
Genus Omorgus (Hastate Hide Beetles)
Species scutellaris (Omorgus scutellaris)
Explanation of Names
Omorgus scutellaris (Say 1823)
scutellaris = 'having peculiar scutellum'
Size
13-19 mm(1)
Range
sw US (UT-AZ to KS-TX); Mexico(1)
Remarks
Flightless
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Trox in North America (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Vaurie P. 1955. Bull. AMNH 106: 1‒89.
Contributed by v belov on 5 December, 2010 - 5:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 5 August, 2020 - 7:57am

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