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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Rainbow Scarabs (Phanaeus) » Phanaeus igneus

Species Phanaeus igneus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dung Beetle - Phanaeus igneus - male Rainbow Scarab - Phanaeus igneus - male In Flight - Phanaeus igneus A pair of igneus - Phanaeus igneus - male - female Green Coloring - Phanaeus igneus - male Phanaeus igneus or Phanaeus vindex ???? - Phanaeus igneus Phanaeus igneus Phanaeus igneus
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 Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Genus Phanaeus (Rainbow Scarabs)
Species igneus (Phanaeus igneus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phanaeus igneus MacLeay 1919
Phanaeus floridanus D’Olsoufieff 1924, was once treated as a subspecies
Identification
Color is highly variable: black, green or a green red combination.
Remarks
Guide TBA--PC.
See Also
Phanaeus vindex has more coarsely sculptured elytra.
Print References
The Scarab Beetles of Florida (1)
Scarab beetles of South Carolina (2)
Internet References
Gallery of Florida Insects
Works Cited
1.The Scarab Beetles of Florida
By Robert Woodruff
2.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 January, 2005 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 18 July, 2007 - 8:27am

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