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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) » May Beetles and June Bugs (Melolonthinae) » Macrodactylini » Macrodactylus
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scarab - Macrodactylus
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

scarab - Macrodactylus
Tall Grass Prairie, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 20, 2006
Landed on my hand while I was hiking the trail.
Macrodactylus subspinosus???
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 20 May, 2006 - 4:12pm
Last updated 22 May, 2006 - 11:19am

no doubt about genus
you have two spp. there - hard to differentiate from a photo.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 22 May, 2006 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
Macrodactylus
My list shows M. angustatus: M. supspinosus and M. uniformis.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 22 May, 2006 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
can't count
we're probably looking at the same list - I see three also
… Phillip Harpootlian, 23 May, 2006 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

 
Macrodactylus
Thanks Phillip, I will just place it under Macrodactylus.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 22 May, 2006 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

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