Genus Osmoderma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Osmoderma emericola - Osmoderma eremicola

Grub growth evidence - Osmoderma eremicola

Odor-of-Leather Beetle - Osmoderma scabra

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 Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)

Tribe Osmodermini

Genus Osmoderma

Explanation of Names

Authors of genus are LePeletier and Serville 1828.

Osmo- (smell) derma (Late Latin, from Greek : epi-, epi- + derma, skin.) - smelly skin; European sp. O. eremita with a common name - Russian Leather Beetle.

Numbers

Three North American species, the eastern O. eremicola, O. scabra and the mostly western O. subplanata (similar to O. eremicola), incorrect in nearctica.com, see instead Smith (1).

Size

Circa 20-25 mm

Food

Decaying centers of various hardwoods

See Also

Cremastocheilus

Print References

Howden, H.F. 1968. A review of the Trichiinae of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 54: 77 pp.

Harpootlian (2)

Ratcliffe & Paulsen (3)

Internet References

O. scabra--Canada

Insects of Quebec--has photos of both eastern species, very handy

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists, for that state: ermicola (51 pinned), scabra (23 pinned).

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm

2.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

3.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska By Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 January, 2005 - 11:15am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 12 August, 2008 - 3:07pm

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