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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » subgenus Cnemotrupes (Geotrupes subgenus Cnemotrupes) » Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii) » Geotrupes blackburnii blackburnii
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Geotrupes, but which one? - Geotrupes blackburnii
Copyright © 2012 David Almquist

Geotrupes, but which one? - Geotrupes blackburnii
Tall Timbers Research Station, Leon County, Florida, USA
January 29, 2012
I don't have a straight on dorsal, but this shot shows the pronotal punctation pretty clearly.

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Geotrupes, but which one? - Geotrupes blackburnii - female Geotrupes, but which one? - Geotrupes blackburnii Geotrupes, but which one? - Geotrupes blackburnii
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Contributed by David Almquist on 29 January, 2012 - 8:01am
Last updated 31 January, 2012 - 10:29am

Moved
Moved from Geotrupes.
… David Almquist, 31 January, 2012 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 January, 2012 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

Passalidae
Looks like a bess beetle to me.
… CGClark, 29 January, 2012 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
unmistakable Geotrupes, correctly so ID'd by the contributor
Passalidae are all elongated, black/piceous beetles [no metallic luster] that look nothing like this one
… v belov, 29 January, 2012 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

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