Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bolbocerosoma Schaeffer, 1906
Identification
See Howden (1955, 1964) for keys to spp.
Range
Widely dist. e. of the Rocky Mtns
(2). Genus also found in eastern Asia, (Krikken, 1979).
Remarks
Author is prominent coleopterist Charles Frederick August Schaeffer (1860-1934). See:
In Memory of Charles Schaeffer. Compiled from Memoranda Found among the Papers of the Late Charles W. Leng. Wm. T. Davis Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 50, No. 2 (Jun., 1942), pp. 209-210
Burke (2004). Notable Weevil Specialists of the Past. Curculio 49:5-7 (
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Print References
Borror, various entries
(1)
Howden, H.F. 1955. The biology and taxonomy of the North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae with revisions of the genera Bolbocerosoma, Eucanthus, Geotrupes, and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 151-319.
Howden, H.F. 1964. The Geotrupinae of North and Central America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 39: 1-91.
Krikken, J., 1979. The Genus Bolbocerosoma Schaeffer In Asia (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae). ZOOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN 54(3):35-53 (
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Schaeffer, C H ., 1906. On Bradycinetus and Bolboceras of North America, with notes on other Scarabaeidae. — Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 32: 249-260 (original description)
