Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Phanaeini » Rainbow Scarabs (Phanaeus) » Phanaeus triangularis » Phanaeus triangularis triangularis

Subspecies Phanaeus triangularis triangularis

Phanaeus triangularis - female - Phanaeus triangularis - female Dung Beetle ? - Phanaeus triangularis Dung Beetle - Phanaeus triangularis mislabeled specimen from 1870's (!) - Phanaeus triangularis - female Phanaeus triangularis (Say) - Phanaeus triangularis - male Phanaeus triangularis (Say) - Phanaeus triangularis - male Phanaeus triamgularis? - Phanaeus triangularis Rhino Beetle? - Phanaeus triangularis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe Phanaeini
Genus Phanaeus (Rainbow Scarabs)
Species triangularis (Phanaeus triangularis)
Subspecies triangularis (Phanaeus triangularis triangularis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phanaeus triangularis triangularis (Say)
Orig. Comb: Copris triangularis Say, 1823
Size
12-21 mm
Identification
Dorsum moderately shiny black to dull coppery red. Pronotum with sides finely granulate. Elytra with striae fine, minutely punctate, deeply impressed basally; intervals convex, evenly shiny.
Range
TX-FL-VA-KS & OH - per comment from Bob Androw
Habitat
Generally flood plain forest.
Print References
Edmonds (1)
Harpootlian (2)
Works Cited
1.Revision of Phanaeus MacLeay, A New World genus of scarabaeine dung beetles
Edmonds, W.D. 1994. 1994. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions to Science 443.
2.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 16 February, 2005 - 11:27am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 December, 2013 - 1:42pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo