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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Bess Beetles (Passalidae) » Odontotaenius » Horned Passalus (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
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beetle - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Copyright © 2015 Matt Edmonds

beetle - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
November 10, 2015
Size: 1.5 inch
Is this a Bess beetle? Odontotaenius disjunctus?
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 17 November, 2015 - 7:28am
Last updated 17 November, 2015 - 3:24pm

Moved
Moved from Bess Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 November, 2015 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Horned Passalus.
… Matt Edmonds, 17 November, 2015 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
I'm not sure why you moved th
I'm not sure why you moved this to the family page. The info given for family Passalidae states that Odontotaenius is the only genus of Passalid known outside of Arizona, of which there are two species.
… Even Dankowicz, 17 November, 2015 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Didn't mean to
I thought it was in the ID request still and I moved it where I thought it went.
… Matt Edmonds, 17 November, 2015 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I moved it back where it belongs...
there is a second member of this genus in FL, but this does not appear to be it based on the horn morphology.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 November, 2015 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 November, 2015 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

You are correct; this is a be
You are correct; this is a bess beetle.
… Even Dankowicz, 17 November, 2015 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

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