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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Pentodontini » Ligyrus » Ligyrus relictus
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Scarab IMG_6113 - Ligyrus relictus
Copyright © 2011 Steve Nanz

Scarab IMG_6113 - Ligyrus relictus
Tenants Harbor, Knox County, Maine, USA
August 18, 2010
Thought this was a Tomarus sp. but was never clear on how to eliminate Parastasia. The head looks more like the latter to me.

Sorry about all the disctracting dew.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 8 August, 2011 - 4:55am
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 3:31am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 10 August, 2011 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

for starters ..
compare the legs - should be no confusing a ruteline with a dynastine
… Phillip Harpootlian, 8 August, 2011 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

 
Image Added
The claws do not appear to move independently of each other which I understand eliminates Ruteline. Is that correct?

You identified a previous image of mine here which does appear to have independently moving claws as P. brevipes but then MJ Paulsen moved it to Tomarus relictus. Did Paulsen make a mistake or am I misunderstanding?
… Steve Nanz, 10 August, 2011 - 5:11am login or register to post comments

 
My mistake, Paulsen got it right
The other one only appears to have ruteline claws, I saw what I wanted to see. This is another T. relictus.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 10 August, 2011 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
I really appreciate the info and I think I get it now.
… Steve Nanz, 10 August, 2011 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

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