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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Odonteus » Odonteus thoracicornis

Species Odonteus thoracicornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited
Odonteus thoracicornis - male Tiny Triceratops Beetle - Odonteus thoracicornis Odonteus thoracicornis Wallis - Odonteus thoracicornis Odonteus thoracicornis Wallis - Odonteus thoracicornis Unknown Scarab (Rhinocerous beetle?) - Odonteus thoracicornis - male Odonteus thoracicornis - male Odonteus sp. - Odonteus thoracicornis - male Odonteus sp. - Odonteus thoracicornis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Bolboceratinae
Genus Odonteus
Species thoracicornis (Odonteus thoracicornis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
discussed here
Explanation of Names
Odonteus thoracicornis Wallis 1928
thoracicornis 'with horned thorax'
Size
~10 mm
Identification
Males usually have pronotal armature, sometimes large curving projections. Among the NA species, this one is most similar to the European O. armiger
Range
e US (PA‒FL to NE‒TX)(1)
Habitat
a Clemson student caught many in unbaited pitfall traps in a recently burned forest
Season
Probably year round, at least in the south, active above ground only after rain
Food
detritus
Works Cited
1.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 29 October, 2007 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, nebbeetle, v belov
Last updated 3 January, 2024 - 6:02pm

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