Genus Omorgus - Hastate Hide Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Size · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Omorgus rubricans (Robinson) - Omorgus rubricans

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 Trogidae (Hide Beetles)

Genus Omorgus (Hastate Hide Beetles)

Numbers

Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm lists 17 species in genus.

Size

Usually 9-20 mm

Print References

Harpootlian (1)

Internet References

Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm

Wikipedia - several illustrated

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 August, 2004 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 12 December, 2007 - 8:35am

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