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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Deltochilini » Melanocanthon » Melanocanthon nigricornis
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Scarabaeidae, dorsal - Melanocanthon nigricornis
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Scarabaeidae, dorsal - Melanocanthon nigricornis
Weaver Dunes, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
July 6, 2014
Size: 8.6 mm
Collected in Dr. Cochran's snake confinementsin a sand prairie remnant

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Scarabaeidae, dorsal - Melanocanthon nigricornis Scarabaeidae, ventral - Melanocanthon nigricornis Scarabaeidae, hind leg - Melanocanthon nigricornis Scarabaeidae, lateral - Melanocanthon nigricornis Scarabaeidae, head - Melanocanthon nigricornis
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 25 December, 2014 - 8:55pm
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 11:13am

Moved
Moved from Canthonini.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 December, 2014 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

can we see a better shot of hind leg...
especially to determine if there are two (Melanocanthon) or one (Boreocanthon) metatibial spurs?
… Blaine Mathison, 25 December, 2014 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the good description.
… MJ Hatfield, 26 December, 2014 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the follow-up images
very helpful, thanks.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 December, 2014 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

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