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Species Omorgus tytus

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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)
Species tytus (Omorgus tytus)
Other Common Names
Barn Owl Hide Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trox tytus Robinson 1941
Explanation of Names
Omorgus tytus (Robinson 1941)
name refers to the barn owl (Tyto alba) in whose nest the type series was taken(1)
Size
11-14 mm(1)
Range
e US to AZ (AZ-GA-PA-OK) / Cuba (1)
Habitat
Known to inhabit barn owl nests where it develops on owl pellets(1)(2)
Remarks
Rarely collected(3)(2), but occasionally comes to lights (BG data)
Print References
Robinson M. (1941) Studies in the Scarabaeidae of North America (Coleoptera). Parts I & II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 67: 127-136.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Trox in North America (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Vaurie P. 1955. Bull. AMNH 106: 1‒89.
2.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
3.New distribution records of North American Trox (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Vaurie P. 1958. Col. Bull. 12: 43-46.