Species Bolbocerosoma tumefactum

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Bolbocerosoma tumefactum? - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum - male

Boring dung beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum

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 tumefactum (Bolbocerosoma tumefactum)

Size

8-11 mm

Identification

Orange-brown with dark markings. Note medial dark spot on pronotum, often merging with basal band.

Range

Eastern United States: New York to Georgia, west to Ohio, Tennessee.

Season

June-October (South Carolina). May-September (North Carolina).

See Also

Bolbocerosoma farctum has all-yellowish pronotum with no spot.

Print References

Harpootlian, p. 55, fig. 265 (1)

Brimley, p. 201, lists from mountains and Piedmont of North Carolina (2).

Works Cited

1.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

2.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 June, 2006 - 12:16pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 27 November, 2006 - 4:02pm

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