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Genus Omorgus - Hastate Hide Beetles

Beetle - Omorgus suberosus trogidae - Omorgus carinatus Omorgus tytus (Robinson) - Omorgus tytus Omorgus scabrosus (Palisot de Beauvois) - Omorgus scabrosus Scarab Beetle? - Omorgus suberosus Hide beetle - Omorgus scabrosus Omorgus spp - Omorgus scutellaris Omorgus suberosus
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)
Explanation of Names
Omorgus Erichson 1847
Numbers
16 spp. in our area(1)(2) (all in the nominate subgenus), ~140 spp. in 3 subgenera worldwide(3)
Size
typically 9-20 mm
Identification
images of several spp.
Range
most diverse in warmer regions of the Old World (Africa, Australia, so. Asia)(3)
Print References
Harpootlian(4)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Trox in North America (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Vaurie P. 1955. Bull. AMNH 106: 1‒89.
2.Two new species of Trox from Florida (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Vaurie P., Howden H.F. 1957. American Museum novitates 1818: 1‒6.
3.Checklist and bibliography of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Zidek J. 2013. Insecta Mundi 0314: 1‒38.
4.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 August, 2004 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 13 January, 2014 - 3:47pm

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