Species Odontotaenius floridanus

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References

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 Passalidae (Bess Beetles)

Genus Odontotaenius

Species floridanus (Odontotaenius floridanus)

Other Common Names

Archbold Bess Beetle

Size

36-42 mm

Identification

Similar to O. disjunctus. See description in print references.

Range

Known only from the Lake Wales Ridge area of Highlands County, Florida, especially the Archbold Biological Station.

Print References

Schuster, 1994. Odontotaenius floridanus New Species (Coleoptera: Passalidae): A Second U.S. Passalid Beetle. Florida Entomologist 77(4): 474-478, available here.

Contributed by Cotinis on 26 February, 2007 - 11:17am

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